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SHORT NOTES. 



Dianthus c^sius.— On p. 152, the date of the first record of this 

 plant as British is given as 1724, on the authority of Ray's Stfnopm, 

 ed. in. 336. This is correct so far as the " Chidderroks " (Cheddar 

 Rocks) plant found by Brewer is concerned ; the synonymy quoted 

 from Plukenet, Merret, and C. Bauhin, and the earlier references by 

 Dubois and Doody, apply rather to a one-flowered state of D. del- 

 toides. Merrett (Pinax, 10) has " Armeria flore simplid, "William 

 with a single flower, in a Wood beyond Redding." In Ray's 

 Synopsis, ed. i. 242, 1690 (Appendix), among the plants communi- 

 cated by Plukenet, is " Armeria? species flore summo caule singulari : 

 forte Caryophyllus sylvestris humilis flore unico C. B. P. Very 

 different from the Maiden-Prick (sic), and more truly answering the 

 Name, never having but one single flower on top of the Stalk : 

 growing in England as Mr. Doody informs." In the second edition 

 (1696) this note is inserted under "Caryophyllus minor repens 

 nostras " (D. deltoides) ; but in ed. iii. 336 (1724) it is numbered as 

 a distinct species, no doubt, I think, because Dillenius had seen the 

 Cheddar plant. The locality is thus printed : «• It grows in England, 

 as Mr. Dooly informs. (And hath since been found in the North of 

 England by Mr. Du-Bois. On Chidderroks in Somersetshire ; by 

 Mr. Brewer)." In our copy of R. Syn. iii. 336, Dr. Trimen has 

 entered the following note : " « This was gathered (as I think some- 

 where near the Peake) by Mr. Cii. Du Bois & communicated to me, 

 which I gave to Dr. Plukenet.' (MS. note by Doody in his copy of 

 R. Syn. ed. n. p. 199)." This copy is in the library of the British 

 Museum (969, f. 21). Plukenet figured the plant in PhytograpMa, 



ol I?™ 3 ' as stated by Ra y>' fi 2- 3 ( 1691 )> and in Almagatwn, 

 p. 87 (1 / 20), says : " Hie, Partibus Borealibus Angliaa, a D. du Bois, 



nuper inventus est." This, I think, clearly refers to the specimen 



collected by Du Bois, and given to Plukenet by Doody, as stated in 



ins note above. A very similar specimen is in Buddie's Herbarium 



(Herb, bloane cxxiv. i.), with a ticket containing a reference to 



Ihytoyraphia, followed by « found by Mr. Du-bois in ye North." 



Both figure and specimen represent a small one-flowered state of 



D. deltoides. — J ames Britten. 



Rubus Cha3msmorus as an Irish Plant. — July 15th and 16th 

 were spent by my friend W. D. Dounan and myself in a search 

 tor this plant, which resulted— as all attempts at its rediscovery 



S S, y , nsh station have resulted— in failure. On p. 217 

 Mr More has summarised the information we possess regarding 

 Prof. Murphy's discovery. The locality is somewhat definitely 

 specified: « a mountain to the west of Dart," "a mountain 



J}J1 Q - Str + ana gf brall y jange," and "Glengarro" (Glengarrow, 

 which is a townland, and not a mountain), all pointing to the group 



?nr dv'^ gl 7 fr ° n r\ 2 1°° t0 17 °° ft " in hei 8 ht > that ™n westward 

 iLl- i ^Ti Dart }° Mulla glicarbatagh. Along this ridge, 



mrflf' Car K fUl Sear ? 1 lV aS been made ^ Mr ' St *wart and Mr! 



unl Lu il° W f y U i S '- As , Mr ' Hart Las alread y remarked, a more 

 unlikely range for alpine plants could not be found. The rounded 



