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donjon keep at Dundrum, whilst opposite, the graceful spires of 

 Castlewellan guarded the well-planted Hill of Slievenaslat, with 

 the castle of Lord Annesley nestling in the midst, whilst close 

 at hand the walls of Tollymore glistened with crimson patches 

 of Virginia creeper. A few members of the Art Society who 

 accompanied the party sketched about the waterfalls. A hearty 

 tea, comfortably provided in the Roden Arms, brought to an 

 end the day's outing, leaving one and all satisfied with a day 

 spent in the woods under the shadow of the Mourne Mountains. 



During the day over sixty species of fungi, some of them 

 edible, were collected by General Bland, the Rev. C. H. 

 Waddell, and others, which included the following : — 

 Genus Agaricns, 1 8 species (including the following — rubescens, 

 muscarius, panthennus, phalloides, fascicularis, ruti- 

 lans, meJleus, radicans, and disseminatus). 

 Genus Cantharellus, I species (C. cibarius). 



,, Cortinarius, 5 species (including cyanopus, violaceus, 

 and elatior). 



„ Dcedalia, 6 species. 



„ Hydnum, 1 species, (H. repandum). 



„ Hygrophorus, 4 species (Punicus, cocctneus, and pratensis). 



,, Lactarius, 8 species (ve//ereus } exsuccos, blennius, 

 quietus, volemum, subdulcis). 



„ Nyctatis, 1 species (IV. parasitica). 



„ Russula, 9 species {nigricans, emetica, sanguinea, 

 Fceteus, hpida, olivacea, and integra). 



„ Boletus-, 6 species (Edulis, scaber, flavidus, and granu- 

 latus. 



„ Polyporus, 3 species. 



The ferns were fairly representative, great quantities of the 

 Blechnum spicant were observed everywhere, whilst Lastrea 

 Jilix mas and its variety, pseudomas were found in different 

 forms. Lastrea cemula, oreopteris, and dilitata were also obser- 

 ved, with several varieties of Athyrium filix fcemina. Ceter- 

 ach officinarum was also found on a roadside wall, whilst W. 

 H. Phillips met with the rare Hymenophyllum Wilsoni, a 

 species of the Killarney fern, 



