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*%53. Hypnum pratense, Koch. Balliton, Kildare. Near Cork. 
D. Murray, Esq.! “3 plant,’ Wils. 
Hookeria letevirens, H. et T., and Bryuwm Tozeri, Grev., are 
still to be found, but very sparingly, in the stations as- 
signed to them in Dr. Power’s ‘ Flora of Cork.’ 
54. Neckera crispa, Hedw. Fr. rare at Blarney, D. Murray, 
Eisq.! Fermoy, T. Chandler ! 
55. Neckera pumila, Hedw. Fr. rare at Blarney, D. Murray, 
Esq.! Fermoy, T. Chandler ! 
Cork, December 9th, 1855. 
Webiews. 
The Fern Allies: a Supplement to the Ferns of Great Britain. 
Illustrated by Joun E. Sowersy, proprietor of Sowerby’s 
‘English Botany.’ The Descriptions, Synonyms, etc., by 
Cuartes Jounson, Esq., Botanical Lecturer at Guy’s Hos- 
pital. Part I., price 3s. full coloured. 
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Sowerby, to his progenitors, and to the other branches of his 
family who have devoted their talents and energies to the illus- 
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The first part of the illustration of the ‘ Fern Allies,’ as they 
are called, which is just published, is fully equal to the former 
Works of this accomplished engraver and draughtsman. The 
four plates of the genus Hquisetwm now published, viz. F. ar- 
vense, E. umbrosum, E. Telmateia, and E. sylvaticum, fully merit 
the eulogium of faithful delineation, scrupulous accuracy of detail, 
and of pictorial elegance and taste. 
The letterpress descriptions consist of brief condensations of 
the characteristic marks of each species. The distribution or 
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