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species found here. Many good specimens were obtained of the 

 more common and characteristic fossils, and a large number of the 

 rarer forms. Among the latter was Lima Hettangiensis, which had 

 not until this occasion been met with in Ireland. The following 

 may be cited as the most interesting of the species found on Satur- 

 day : — Ammonites angidatus, and A. Johnstoni, Pleurotomaria 

 similis, Littorina elegans, Cardinia Deshayesi, Myoconcha psilonoti, 

 Cardita Heberti, Lima Terquemi, L. pectinoides, and L. Hettangiensis 

 Terquemia arietes, Pinna folium, Plenromya Galathea, Waldheimia 

 perforata, and Montlivaltia Haimei. The above list does not 

 embrace one-half of the species found, but it will suffice to prove 

 that, in this locality, the seas of the Lower Lias possessed a very 

 varied fauna, and were tenanted, especially by mollusca, in 

 abundance. 



The results of this day's work were highly gratifying to the 

 botanical collectors. The northern end of Islandmagee and the 

 neighbourhood of Lame constitute a district that well repays the 

 botanist for a painstaking search. Quite a large number of scarce 

 plants are to be found there, and expectation was even exceeded 

 on this occasion. The botanical rarities collected make quite a 

 good list for one day's work. A handsome plant found close to 

 Larne was the lucerne ( Medicago sativa). It was growing in com- 

 pany with the slender lotus (Lotus tenuis J; the latter has usually 

 been reckoned as only a variety of Lotus corniculatus, but it has 

 a very different habit, and structural characters of its own, sufficient 

 to rank it as a distinct species. Neither Medicago sativa or Lotus 

 tenuis has been previously found in the North of Ireland, and only 

 one Irish station is assigned to each by the Cybele Hibernica. The 

 field melilot (Melilotus arvensis) was also found close to Larne. 

 This is another plant that is very rare in this country : it has only 

 once before been found in the North of Ireland. Another good 

 "find" was the wild mignonette (Reseda lutea), a rare Irish plant, 

 which does not occur in the North except at Larne. The Water 

 Parsnip (Sium angustifolium ) was found on Islandmagee, as was 

 also the swines cress ( Senebiera CoronopusJ, and last, not least, the 

 beautiful grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris). Fumaria palli- 



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