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part of the Phoeuix Park, near Dublin. It is a very wild spot, which 
does not seem to have undergone any alteration since the park was 
enclosed, nor do I see reason to believe that Ivy has ever been planted 
there. It grows here and there ou the old Thorn-trees wliich form 
almost a wood, and in exactly the same way as common Ivy may be 
seen to do in any old wood. I think, therefore, that it may fairly be 
considered as a native plant there, and that we now have real evidence 
of this Ivy extending its range to Ireland. 
. In the month of August last, I had the opportunity of seeing and 
becoming acquainted with the true plant in thebeautifid botanic garden 
of Glasnevin, at Dublin ; and in the afternoon of the same day (Au- 
gust 30) Dr. D. Moore, Captain HuttoU; and I went to the Phoenix 
Park to enable them to gather some rare Mosses, For that purpose 
as we passed through the wood of Thorns, and as my attention was 
naturally directed towards Ivy, as theirs was to Mosses, it fell to my 
lot to discover the Iledera Canariensis, A small portion of one of the 
specimens then gathered has been submitted to Dr. Seemann, who 
informs me that it certainly is the JT. Caiiariensis as defined by him. 
Now that we know for a certainty that this Ivy is Irish, we shall 
soon learn to what extent it occurs there. In all probability the Ivy 
of Killarney will be found to be H, Canariensis ; for this plant is 
manifestly one of the remnants of the " Asturian Plora *' pointed out 
by the late Edward Forbes as existing iu the counties of Kerry and 
Galway, and which is believed to have ouce^ extended throughout the 
now submerged continent of Atlantis. 
NEW CLASSIFICATION OF PALMS. * 
The following is the new classification of Palms proposed by Mr. 
Hermann Wendland, at the meetii 
ver, to which we recently alluded (vol. iii, p. 260) 
The whole Order (which includes Phytelephas, Nipa, TFettinia, etc.) 
is primarily divided into two suborders, viz. Arecacece and Cocoinete^ 
absolutely distinguished by the manner in which the seed is attached 
to the endocarp. Both are again subdivided into two tribes. 
SuBORUO I. Arecacece. Seed attached to the endocarp by the hilum 
m 
or the raphe only. 
