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2. Five miles W. N. W. of Athlone, and one mile and a half S. S. E. 

 of Bridesw'ell, on the east side of an old road hearing north and south 

 county of Boscommon. 



3. Near Lissanisky, four miles south of Knockcroghcry, on the north 

 side of an old road, bearing east and west, county of Roscommon. 



4. Three miles S. S. E. of the hamlet of Thomas-street, and seven 

 miles north of Ballinasloe, on west side of high road, hearing S. S. E., 

 county of Roscommon. 



5. Half a mile east of Thomas-street, on the north side of highroad, 

 which bears east and west. 



6. Two miles north of Thomas-street, on west side of high road, 

 which bears nearly north and south, and in chinks of limestone crags, 

 west of the road. 



7. Two miles south-west of Ballinasloe, on south-east side of Old 

 Aughrim-street, which bears south-west and south-east, county of Gal- 

 way. 



8. Two miles and a half S. S. W. of Woodlawn station, on the north 

 side of old road. 



Thus, counting the Thomas-street stations as one, we have in a tri- 

 angular space, with an area of about 250 square miles, in the very centre 

 of Ireland, six stations for Cystopteris fragilis hitherto unrecorded. I 

 have been particular in mentioning on which side of the road the fern 

 grows, as it seldom or never grows on both sides at the same place. 



Dr. Moore, in expressing the interest with which he had heard Mr. 

 Foot's communication, adverted to the comparatively slight advances 

 which had as yet been made in an accurate knowledge of the botany of the 

 midland counties; and expressed a hope thrt Mr. Foot would continue 

 to have a look after plants of rare or peculiar occurrence. Mr. Foot's 

 present record of the occurrence of Hymenophy Hum Tunbridgense showed 

 a large range for this fern south and west ; and he (Dr. Moore) had just 

 received very fine specimens found in the county of Donegal by William 

 Harte, Esq. ; but it did not occur, that he was aware of, in the coun- 

 ties of Derry or Down, whilst in those counties, and at Cave-hill, near 

 Belfast, H. Wilsoni abounds. This latter was the species which occurred 

 '*» Wicklow, and the two forms seemed to show a distinct geographical 



.ribution. Should a new edition of the "Flora Hibernica" ever be 

 published, he hoped that special attention would be devoted to this ele- 

 ment — the geographical distribution — upon Mr. Hewet Watson's plan, 

 which Dr. Dickie had to a considerable extent adopted in his recently 

 published " Flora of Ulster, and Botanist's Guide to the North of Ire- 

 land." 



Dr. Grimshaw exhibited fronds of Jlymenophyllum Tunbridgense, ga- 

 thered at Crownard Mountain, near Killy begs, county of Donegal, during 

 last spring. The plants were then in a sterile condition, but had since, 

 in cultivation, fruited freely. 



The Chairman stated that both species had been found by the 

 Bight Hon. John Wynne, in the county of Sligo. 



