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It was announced in the "Country-Side" in August last, that 

 Spiranthes Romanzoffiana, Cham., had been found in Devon. 

 After several months waiting and correspondence, I finally got 

 into touch with the finder, who now tells me that a mistake has 

 been made, and that the orchid was not what the Editor of the 

 " Country Side " reported. So Ireland still holds the field for 

 this species. 



A visit to Sluggan Moss, County Antrim, in July, under the 

 guidance of Mr. Robert Bell, gave me an opportunity of seeing a 

 fine colony of Carex limosa, L. It does not appear to have 

 been recorded from this locality before, although known to several 

 of our botanists. In its vicinity grew Vaccinium Oxycoccos, and 

 V. Vith-Idaa. 



Mr. William Porter found a new station for Carex pendula, 

 Huds., in the vicinity of the Bog Meadows, Balmoral, County 

 Antrim. He also, in the cryptogamic series, records Lastrea 

 spinulosa, Persl., from the vicinity of Dungannon, County Tyrone, 

 which, however, is outside our recognised district. As usual, 

 Mr. Porter has been successful in securing some notable varieties 

 of Ferns. He found three most interesting varietal forms of 

 Blechnum Spicant in the neighbourhood of Newcastle, County 

 Down. For one of these, a variegated form, he was awarded the 

 British Pteridological Society's certificate. 



Some interesting notes on the Moss Flora of the district 

 have been made by our Chairman (Rev. C. H. Waddell, B.D.), 

 by Mr. J. H. Davies, and by the Rev. Canon Lett, M.A., 

 M.R.I. A. The latter reports in the Journal of Botany for the 

 current month (March, 1909) the finding of a moss new to 

 Ireland, at Saintfield, Co. Down. The exceedingly interesting 

 moss referred to is known as Catharinea rhystophyllce, C. Mull., 

 and has hitherto been only known as a native of North China. 

 Rev. C. H. Waddell records the finding of an interesting 

 Liverwort, Ptilidium ciliare, Hampe, near the summit of Colin 



