472 [Proc. B.N.F.C , 



Report of Committee of Botanical Section : — ■ 



The Committee of the Botanical Section are pleased to re- 

 port that since the last Annual Meeting the interest taken in 

 this department of the Club's work has been well maintained 

 during the year. 



The summer of 1906 being exceptionally favourable for 

 outdoor work, a good many localities were visited, and a fair 

 amount of work done. All the places selected for the general 

 Excursions of the Club were of special interest to^ the Section, 

 each locality having a rich and varied flora peculiar to itself. 

 These Excursions were well attended by members of the Section, 

 and splendid work was done. 



Of the out-door work brought under our notice, we select 

 the following as being the most interesting : — A very strange and 

 curious Raspberry (Rubus Idaus) was found in a field above 

 Ligoniel by Miss S. Blackwood. Of this specimen Professor J. 

 W. H, Trail, F.R.S., the greatest authority in Britain at present 

 on Galls, says, " It is not altered by mite or any other animal ; 

 its cause, however, is unknown to me. The parts of the flowers 

 are virescent, or like aborted leaves. The specimen is the most 

 marked example I have seen." 



The Director of Royal Gardens, Kew, having received 

 plants for cultivation sent by Miss S. Blackwood, also reports : — 

 " We shall hope to see a fresh crop of these curious flowers here 

 next season, and to work out their development." 



Another very interesting find by the same lady member was 

 Wild Balm (Melittis mellisophyllum) on; the shore of a small 

 lake in County Cavan. This plant is not considered native in 

 Ireland, nor indeed has it ever been recorded even as a casual. 



Mr. W. H. Robinson found new localities for Geranium 

 striatum, G. Phoeum and Orabanche minor. 



Mr. W. J. C. Tomlinson recorded new stations for Leucojum 

 astivum, Orchis pyramidalis, Mercurialis perennis, Cardamine 

 amara, Botrychium Lunaria, Lathrcea Squamaria. 



Mr. H. L. Orr found new localities for Geranium pratense, 

 Lithospermum o'fficinale, O phioglossum vulgatum. 



