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and remarked that it was a singular coincidence that the Celsia cre- 

 tica and Arbutus Unedo occurred in company in the Mediterranean, 

 both frequenting stony localities. It would be highly interesting 

 could the foi'mer be established as a native of Ireland : — 



" Mr. Alexander has found, in a barren pasture near Ballinacurrah, 

 and at a distance from any garden, Celsia cretica growing with Yer- 

 bascum Thapsus, in tolerable abundance." 



Laslrea uliginosa. 



The President read the following note, from Mr. Westcombe, on 

 this fern, dated Worcester, September 21, 1852 : — 



" I am still much puzzled with Lastrea uliginosa, for I cannot dis- 

 tinguish it from L. spinosa. I think that the barren fronds of L. cris- 

 tata will be sufficient to keep it distinct from either of the others. I 

 shall not be inclined to allow all three to be included in one species." 



Pseiidathyrium alpesire. 



The following remark on this fern is also from the pen of Mr. 

 Westcombe : — 



" Pseudathyrium alpestre appears to be restricted to the upper por- 

 tions of the mountain glens of the Clova district, and of the Cairngorm 

 range, as far as my observations go : but 1 did not travel northward 

 of the latter ; so that possibly it may be common in the north part of 

 Scotland. After leaving Braemar I visited the Sow of Athol, and 

 crossed the mountains to Loch Rannoch, thence to Glencoe, and 

 returned by Tyndrum to Loch Dochart, searching the mountains north 

 of that for Cystopteris montana, but in vain. I did not observe the 

 P. alpestre in passing through that part of the country, though I kept 

 on the look-out for it." 



Asplenium germanicum in Cumherland. 



The President begged to acknowledge the receipt of a specimen of 

 Asplenium germanicum from Miss Wright, of Keswick. It was ac- 

 companied by the following note, dated Sept. 21, 1852 : — 



" I take the liberty of enclosing a frond of Asplenium germanicum, 

 which I have found, while looking for A. septentrionale, on high rocks 

 in Borrowdale ; and within a quarter of a mile I also found A. septen- 

 trionale, A. Ruta-muraria, A. viride, A. Trichomanes, Cystea dentata, 

 and very small specimens of Polypodium Phegopteris." 



