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Uppermost joint one-third from base ; occasionally all the joints con- 

 cealed. Leaves narrower than in the former species. Ligules very 

 long. 



Both the species appear to form tufts in the same way. In exa- 

 mining the latter I never thought of its being P. Balfourii, from the 

 root of that species being described as creeping, and the ligules similar 

 to those of P. montana, whereas they are as dissimilar as those of P. 

 annua and P. nemoralis. P. ceesia has not the remotest connection 

 with P. nemoralis. My impression is that P. montana and P. Par- 

 nellii are both varieties of P. nemoralis. 



P. nemoralis. Alpine form. Canlochen Glen. 



P. montana. Sparingly in Canlochen Glen, and near Loch Esk, 

 Clova. 



P. laxa (vivipara) . Abundant in and below the ravine on Loch- 

 nagar, intermixed with 



P. minor and Aira alpina {vivipara) . 



P. alpina {vivipara) ? Strange diminished form. Ravine of the 

 Garachary and on Cainitoul. The true and evident P. alpina vivi- 

 para grows there also, but looks very different. P. laxa is there 

 likewise, I suspect. 



Carex leporina. In two stations above the corrie of Loch-nan-ean 

 (Lochnagar) , In two new stations in the great ravine of the Garachary 

 north of Caimtoul, and spread over a locality half a mile long ! in 

 the corrie of Lochan-nain, Cairn toul. One specimen nearly a foot 

 high. Five stations in all. 



C saxatilis {pulld). Locality half a mile long! in the corrie of 

 Lochan-nain, Caimtoul. 



Cerastium latifolium. A very beautiful object by the margins of 

 rivulets on Caimtoul, and in the ra\'ine of the Garachary. 



Stellaria cerastoides. Caimtoul, Ben-na-muic-dhui, and Ben-na 

 bourd. 



Arabis petrcea. At the same places. 



Crepis succiscefolia. Canlochen Glen. 



Saxifraga rivularis. In " the ravine " on Lochnagar ; in two 

 stations above the corrie of Lochnan-ean. In a corrie on the south 

 side of Caimtoul. Abundant in the corrie of Loch-an-nain, north 

 side of Caimtoul. Also on the eastern cliffs of Ben-na-bourd ! 



Mr. Backhouse failed in obtaining Carex Grahami and Saxi-- 

 fraga ccespitosa. He found Woodsia ilvensis in great abundance. 



4. Mr. Thomas Anderson, "A short account of the Flora of the 

 district around Clonmel, including parts of the counties of Tipperary 

 and Waterford." On Galtymore, a mountain rising to the altitude 

 of 3000 feet, and lying about seventeen miles west from Clonmel, 

 which is composed of a coarse conglomerated sandstone, resting on 

 the limestone of the surrounding district, he found on the banks of 

 a rill near the summit, Saxifraga hirta associated with iS. stellaris. 

 At Glendiue, near Youghal, he gathered Trichomanes brevisetum. 

 Near Clonmel, Bromus maximus was discovered, the only previous 

 station known for it being Jersey, where it was found by Mr. Ba- 

 bington. 



The season having arrived for noting the flowering of plants in the 



