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Irish Cryptogams " ; 110 species are emimerated, and many varieties 

 collected by him when on a visit to Ireland of eleven -vveeks' duration, 

 "whicji lie spent in Kerry and Cork. He also includes in Ms list some 

 stations for rare Hepaticse, discovered by Dr. D. Moore ; and some 

 species growing in the neighbourhood of Cork by Mr. I. Carroll, 

 and Mr. TV. "Wilson, of "Warrington ; about the same time Mr. Mitten 

 made interesting discoveries in Co. Kerry, notably on Brandon. 



In 1873, at the invitation of Dr. D. Moore, the late Professor 

 Lindbergj of the "University of Helsingfors, paid a visit to this 

 country, and spent the months of June and July collecting Liver- 

 worts, in company with Dr. Moore, in Co. Kerry. Brandon, and 

 a large part of the Dingle peninsula, and Killamey, got a close 

 examination. They also collected in many parts of Co. "Wicklow 

 and Co. Dublin. The result of their trip was a collection of eighty- 

 seven species of Hepaticse, an account of which Professor Lindberg 

 published in the "Acta Societatis Scientiarum Pennicaj," vol. x., 

 under the heading, " Hepaticae in Hibernia, mense Julii, 1873, lectse " 

 This was an important contribution, and included several new species. 

 In the northern counties, the subject has been by no means 

 neglected, but has occupied the attention of keen observers since the 

 days of John Templeton, A.L.S., of Belfast, one of the most acute 

 naturalists of his time. Mr. Samuel Alexander Stewart, of the same 

 city, has studied the subject with his characteristic care. The 

 results of his work are published in the "Flora of the jST.-E. of 

 Ireland," and in various Reports. In 1885, in company with Mr. 

 Holt, of Manchester, he visited Killamey, in search of Mosses and 

 Hepaticse. The result of their trip was the discoveiy of several 

 species of Hepaticse new to science. He has also been ably assisted 

 by the Eev. C. H. "^"addell, of Saintfield, Co. Down, and the Piev. 

 Canon Lett, of Loughbrickland, Co. Down. The Eeport of the latter, 

 which was read before the R. I. Academy in 1889, included the 

 Mosses, Hepaticse, and Lichens of the Moume Mountain district. 

 Sixty -four species of Hepaticse are enumerated, an important list of 

 plants collected on a wide area, which includes roughly 560 square 

 miles. The Eev. C. H. "Waddell published a valuable paper in the 

 "Journal of Botany," 1893, on the distribution of Lejeunea in 

 Ireland. 



Dr. D. Moore's Eeport on Irish Hepaticse in 1876 included all 

 previous papers and work by collectors in Ireland up to that date. 

 As to his own investigations he writes : " The Irish habitats may be 

 relied upon, as I have collected nearly every one of the plants with 



