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the roadside. Here was found the Enchanter's Nightshade 

 (Circcea alpina), Zigzag Clover {Trifolium medium), and a St. 

 John's-wort {Hypericum dubium). Arriving at St. Patrick's 

 Bridge most of the party ascended Carlingford Mountain (1,935 

 feet), whose chief geological features were explained by Professor 

 Cole, F.G.S. The summit being attained, the view of the lough 

 and neighbouring mountains amply repaid the hill-climbers for 

 their exertions, but time did not permit of delay, so the 

 descent to Carlingford was soon accomplished, not before the 

 botanists were well satisfied with the following finds : — Rose- 

 root {Sedum Rhodiold), Beech-fern {Polypodium Phegopteris), 

 and the Filmy Fern (Hymenophyllum Wilsoni). Of Fungi, 

 three interesting Discomycetes were collected at base 

 of Carlingford Mountain by Dr. M'Weeney — Hetero- 

 sphoeria patella Tode, Dermatea rhabarbarina Bk., and 

 Lachnella bicolor Rull. The first two of these have not 

 been previously recorded from Ireland, and the third has been 

 collected in Co. Dublin only. The beetles taken in the Carling- 

 ford neighbourhood included — Serica brunnea, Otiorrhynchus 

 maurus, JSotiophilus biguttatus, Nebria gyllenhalti, Rhantus 

 exoletus. The residue of the party, who had driven to Carling- 

 ford, had time to examine and photograph the two smaller 

 castles in the town, and the abbey of the Dominicans, built 

 and dedicated to St. Malachi by Richard de Burgo, Earl of 

 Ulster, a.d. 1305. The floor of the banqueting hall of King 

 John's Castle afforded a splendid lunching-place, and here the 

 tired hunters regaled themselves to a frugal repast, viewing at 

 the same time from their exalted position the lough, studded 

 here and there with craft, whilst Professor Cole took advantage 

 of the situation to deliver a short lecture on the different 

 geological features seen. He pointed out the principal features 

 of the landscape, the hills being mostly formed from the 

 weathered-out igneous cores of Tertiary age, with the far older 

 mass of the Newry granite to the west. Across the lough, the 

 granite of the Mournes has broken through Ordovician strata. 

 Carlingford Mountain, however, represents an earlier phase of 



