880 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
collected by Dr. Mason, sent me by Mr. W: E. Nicholson) ; among 
rocks, Ben Clibreck, Sutherland, 1899 (Dizon) ; dripping rocks near 
sea-shore, Lough Swilly, Ireland, Sept. 1902 (J. Hunter). Since 
this description was written I have examined the specimens of 
E. myosuroides in the Kew Herbarium, which I find include several 
sheets of this variety from the South of Ireland, in the Hookerian 
Herbarium, under two labels: (a) ‘‘ Z. myosuroides, large variety, 
Nr. Connor Hill, Kerry, Ireland. Herb. Hook.” ; (b) “8. © 
plant well. Two other plants may also possibly be referable here, one 
gathered by myself on Ben Laoigh, Perthshire, 1893, the other sent 
me by Mr, i 
much of its robust and characteristic appearance. It bears some 
resemblance to certain of the North American plants which have 
The few capsules present on the Quiraing plant and in the Irish 
specimens resemble those of the var. rivulare Holt, being short, 
ovate, of a deep chestnut-brown, and thick-walled. 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY SOUTH AFRICAN PLANTS. 
By Spencer Moores, F.L.S. | 
[uree small collections from South Africa have recently been 
received at the British Museum. One of them was made by Capt 
Barrett-Hamilton in the north of the Orange River Colony, neat 
Vredefort Road. Mr. H. T. Ommanney, who sent the second, col- 
lected in the neighbourhood of Johannesburg; while from Zululand 
and the neighbouring south-eastern part of the Transvaal a sm 
number of specimens have been forwarded by Lieut. Pateshall 
iterate es myosuroides subsp. hylocomioides (Kindb.) Paris is unknown? 
