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carp.* Whether this curious and most conspicuous indumentum occurs 
in other species of the genus, I do not know ; as, with this exception, 
not one of the species (about 14 in number) in my herbarium, has 
good fruit; but I cannot find the least allusion to it in any work I 
have consulted. These fine plants, very difficult so far as concerns the 
limitation of species, are much in need of a thorough re-examination, 
Schlechtendal’s monograph in the * Prodromus ° being very mediocre. 
HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES NOT INDIGENOUS IN 
IRELAND 
By A. G. More. 
I am sorry to find that I was mistaken in announcing Hippophae 
rhamnoides as a native of Ireland (* Journal of Botany,’ August, 1868 
p. 255). 
From information just received through Miss Farmar, I learn that 
the Sea Buckthorn was first planted on the sandhills at Kiltennel and 
Courtown by the father of the present Earl of Courtown, about thirty 
years ago, and since that time the planting has been continued by the 
present Earl,—few years passing without some addition being made. 
It is interesting to observe in how short a time the Hippophae has 
become completely naturalized. The present instance may serve also 
as a caution against deciding too hastily in favour of any plant being 
indigenous, even when it presents every appearance of being perfectly 
Glasnevin, November 7th, 1868. 
MON(GECISM IN LUZULA CAMPESTRIS. 
By Tuomas MEEHAN. 
The recent discovery that many plants structurally hermaphrodite 
* I have adopted for convenience (I i not know the development crag a 
peng inet P omenslaturé Ps "sm rs in interpretation of the parts 
d Endlich 
= Sin rpe this gehts rit Ihave v boni able to examine fruiting specimens of 
itten, 
E. macrophylla, Thbg., gathered byt " late Mr. Oldham, in which I find a 
adc structure to that described ab 
