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Trichomanes speciosum in the County Limerick. 



Mr. Moore, of Glasuevin, announced, in a note to the President, 

 that the most recently detected habitat of this fern was near the 

 " Keeper Mountain, in the county Limerick, wheie it was discovered 

 by Mr. Pollock, of Oatlands, in the county Meath," but that the loca- 

 lity was now nearly destroyed. This extirpation was rapidly going 

 on in the other habitats of this rare fern. 



Polypodium Dryopteris in Ireland. 



The President said that, notwithstanding the zeal and assiduity of 

 Irish botanists, not a single instance had occurred of this fern being 

 seen wild in Ireland since the single example found by Mr. Moore on 

 Knocklayd, as recorded in the ' British Ferns.' He had lately corre- 

 sponded with Mr. Moore on this subject, who confirmed the statement 

 and circumstance, and considered the almost total absence of this 

 fern from the Irish Flora a remarkable fact in the geographical distri- 

 bution of ferns. 



Naias Jlexilis at Boundsione, in Ireland. 



The President thought it would be interesting to state that Dr. Mel- 

 ville, of Galway College, had re-discovered Naias flexilis at Round- 

 stone, in fine fruit. Although somewhat of a repetition, Mr. Baker 

 having already recorded this locality, he thought the fact of a second 

 botanist observing it was worth this passing notice. 



Dianihus delioides in Worcestershire. 



The President observed that this might rather be regarded a re-dis- 

 covery. Mrs. Bennett Williams informed him that she gathered the 

 plant last week at Cookley, near Kidderminster, and that it had also 

 re- appeared at Blackstone Rock, near Bewdly, where it was recorded 

 as growing very many years ago. Concerning this station Mr. West- 

 combe writes, under date September 21, 1852 : — " Although I have 

 sought for Dianthus deltoides for a great many years at Blackstone 

 Rock, I never could find it till this year, when, happening to be in 

 flower, it was conspicuous among the grass." 



Poierium muricatum and Filago apiculata. 



The President announced that Mr. Westcombe had added these 

 two species to the Flora of Worcestershire this summer. 



