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species, of which three may be called common, the best known 

 being the moneywort or herb-twopence (L. nummular id), so 

 called from its opposite pairs of round coin-shaped leaves. The 

 chickweed winter- green ( Trientalis europced) is a small alpine 

 plant ; the . chaffweed ( Centunculus minimus) a tiny, incon- 

 spicuous species, found in damp, sandy ground ; and the sea 

 milkwort (G/aux maritimd) a common little flower, growing 

 abundantly in salt marshes and on seashores. The well-known 

 scarlet pimpernel or shepherd's weather-glass {Anagallis arven- 

 sis) is one of our prettiest wild flowers, whose beauty is perhaps 

 outshone by that of its smaller relative, the lovely little bog 

 pimpernel (A. tenelld). The brookweed {Samolus Valerandi) 

 is a plant remarkable for its wide distribution, being found in 

 many parts of Europe, Africa, America, and in New South 

 Wales. The last British species is the water violet [Hottonia 

 palustris), a beautiful aquatic plant, of which the tall, slender 

 flower-stem, encircled with whorls of delicate pink blossoms, 

 alone rises above the surface of the water. The Primulacece 

 is a highly interesting and attractive order of plants, and is 

 especially so from the fact that our favourite wild flower, the 

 common primrose, is a typical member of the group. 



The second communication consisted of some remarks by Mr. 

 R. Lloyd Praeger, B.E., on some new or rare North of Ireland 

 plants, of which he exhibited specimens. 



The following is an abstract of the remarks on the more 

 interesting species : — 



Elaiine hydropiper, Linn. A tiny aquatic plant which is very 

 rar 2 not only in Ireland, but throughout Britain. Recorded 

 over fifty years ago from the Lough Neagh terminus of the 

 Lagan Canal, and in the canal at Newry, but not recently 

 seen. Found in 1886, and again last summer, by Rev. H. 

 W. Lett, in Loughbrickland, Co. Down. 



Rhamnus frangula, Linn. Recorded from several stations in 

 the North-east of Ireland, but not seen in the district for 

 some thirty.years. Re-discovered by Profi Cunningham, 



