230 BOTANICAL SKETCHES. [OctobeT, 



Tortula Icevipila, Brid. On trees near Dunlavin, etc. 



Racomiti'ium protensum, Braun. On a wet rock with Campy- 

 lopus longipilus in Glen Millor ; barren. 



Orthotrichum Lyellii, Hook. Plentiful on some Ash-trees be- 

 hind FuUer's Courts Ballitore^ and not unfrequent about Inch- 

 acquire and the neighbourhood. — This, I believe, is the first no- 

 tice of its occurrence in Ireland. 



Orthotrichum pulchellum, Smith. With the next species, on 

 willows, banks of the Griese, below Ballitore. 



Orthotrichum phyllanthum, B. and S. Very common on trees 

 at Ballitore, where it appears to have been overlooked as a va- 

 riety of 0. crispum, and probably not unfrequent in other locali- 

 ties in county Kildare. 



Fissidens osmundoides, Hedw. Eocks at Phoul-a-"Pooca wa- 

 terfall. 



Hypnum purum, Lin. With old capsules ; on the roadside near 

 Baltinglass. 



Hypnum ochraceum, Turner. In the stream near Rathdangan. 



Fontinalis squamosa, Lin. In fruit in the Glen Millor stream, 

 and common in a barren state amongst the Wicklow hills. 



BOTANICAL SKETCHES. 



Account of an Excursion to Lulworth from Weymouth. 

 By Henry Groves. 



Many people imagine Botany to be a dreary science, made 

 up of hard words, and embracing still harder theories; but we 

 shall endeavour to show that, at least in one of its branches, that 

 of field operations, it is both interesting and instructive. With 

 this view, we have arranged a few notes, taken on one of the 

 many delightful excursions within reach of Weymouth, and have 

 selected a ramble by the shore to Lulworth, a pretty village si- 

 tuate on a cove, about nine miles from Weymouth, as one of the 

 most attractive, both as regards its Flora and the variety of its 

 local beauty. For this excursion we selected W^ednesday, as on 

 that day a steamer makes several trips across the bay to the 

 cove, where we intended to embark for Weymouth by the last 

 boat. Under the idea of having a " good long day,^^ we resolved 

 to start early, and accordingly sallied from our domicile when 



