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Flora of Lambay Island, Co. Dublin,’ and is so evidently a 
oe ‘geal of the plants of this small island that the two 
rds 
paper. oSimpadis several subspecies or varieties, the flora 
consists of 291 flowering plants and ferns, of which 88 species are 
probably not native.” An interesting comparison is instituted 
between the a of this island on the east coast and that of Inish- — 
Bofin on the w Mr. Hart’s second paper is a “ Report on the 
Flora of the moun riealis of Mayo and Galway.”, His most important 
find is Saxifraga cespitosa, which ‘“ has rested hitherto as an Irish 
plant upon the evidence of an imperfect specimen from Brandon, 
gathered in 1829.” Mr. Hart found this — upon Muckanaght, 
one of the Twelve Bens, or ‘‘ Twelve Pins,” as they are popularly 
called, of Connemara; and his identification has been confirmed b 
Mr. Baker. His notes upon the vertical range and distribution 
of certain plants are full of interest. gree regard to the range 
of Saxifraga umbrosa, however, Mr. Hart points out in a letter to 
us, that the statement that it ‘‘ never descends lower than 1700 or 
1800 feet in the Tipperary and Waterford range” requires qualifi- 
cation, inasmuch as he has found it in or near the river-courses at 
600 or 700 feet above sea-level—a correction which we are able to 
corroborate from our own observation. We extract a note from 
this paper at p. 246, and regret that we » have not space for further 
a ice of this iatceodtad contribution to our knowledge of Irish 
plants. 
Mr. Van Voorst Sabonesye Row, H.C.) has issued two pages 
of “Addenda to the Ei ighth Edition of Babington’s Manual of 
British Botany,’ which may be obtained on application by pos- 
sessors of the work. Descriptions are given of Selinum Carvifolia, 
Spartina Townsendi, Agrostis of wit Lycopodium o arte 
and various corrections are ma ** Ringwood Chase, near Lud- 
low,” is given as a locality for Epipo gum aphyllum. 
We are glad to learn that Mr. Alfred Fryer is engaged upon 
Flora of Huntingdonshire, in which he will be glad of help. His 
address is Chatteris, Cambridg ire 
HE recently issued part of the ‘ Proceedings of the Bristol 
Naturalists’ Society ’ contains a ete instalment (the Corolliflore) 
of the ‘ Flora of the Bristol Coal-field,’ as well as the sixth part of 
Mr. Cedric Bucknall’s ane: the ree District.’ In th 
latter are descripti aA of two new species—Peziza Arctii Phillips, 
Stictis pteridina Phill. & Buck. "We ocala. suggest that the extracts 
from Sir J. E. Smith, and similar notes upon the general history 
of the ot _— well be omi ited 
Leesti which appeared i i sae fee for prey accompanies 
part v. The date of siscan pes suggests that our ‘Yorkshire 
