81 



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

 nellii are both varieties of P. nemoralis. 



Poa nemoralis, alpine form. Canlochen Glen. 



I'oa montana. Sparingly in Canlochen Glen and near Loch Esk, 

 Clova. 



Poa laxa {vivipara). Abundant in and below the ravine on Loch- 

 nagar, intermixed with Poa minor and Aira alpina (vivipara). 



Poa alpina (vivipara) ? Strange, diminished form. Ravine of the 

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

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

 wise, 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 Gara- 

 chary north of Cairntoul, and spread over a locality half a mile long! 

 in the corrie of Lochan-nain, Cairntoul. 



Cerastium latifoliiim. A very beautiful object by the margins of 

 rivulets on Cairntoul, and in the ravine of the Garachary. 



Stellaria cerastoides. Cairntoul, Ben-ua-muic-dhui, and Ben-na- 

 bourd. 



Arahis peircsa. At the same places. 



Crepis succisafolia. Canlochen Glen. 



Saxifraga rivularis. In the ravine on Lochnagar. In two sta- 

 tions above the corrie of Loch-nan-ean. In a corrie on the south side 

 of Cairntoul. Abundant in the Corrie of Loch-an-nain, north side of 

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



Mr. Backhouse failed in obtaining Carex Grahami and Saxifraga 

 caespitosa. 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 S. stellaris. At 

 Glendine, near Youghal, he gathered Trichomanes speciosum. Near 

 Clonmel, Bromus maximus was discovered, the only previous station 

 known for it being Jersey, where it was found by Mr. Babington. 



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

 Botanic Garden, Mr. M'Nab stated that the Helleborus niger was in 

 full flower on the 2nd of December. 



Dr. Balfour exhibited from Dr. Jameson, of Saharunporc, specimens 

 Vol. IV. M 



