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BOTANY. 



Phanerogamia and Filices. — Many interesting plants were 

 seen about Lough Gill. About Rockwood (Slish Wood of O.S. Map) 

 and Doonee the flora included Circaea alpina, Crepis paludosa, 

 Lysimachia vulgaris, Neottia Nidus-avis, Milium effusum, 

 Hymenophyllum unilaterale, Lastrea aemula, and Osmunda regalis. 

 About Dromahaire Brassica nigra grew (unrecorded hitherto from 

 Co. Leitrim), and on the abbey ruins Sisymbrium Thalianum and 

 Arabis hirsuta. Goat Island, a limestone rock, yielded fine 

 specimens of Polypodium vulgare var. semilacerum, growing under 

 a thicket of Populus tremula, Pyrus Aria, and Wild Yew. Round 

 the eastern end of Lough Gill Agrimonia odorata and Scutellaria 

 minor were observed, and in the beautiful Alt or Glen near 

 O'Rourke's Castle Agropyron caninum occurred in its usual habitat 

 — ledges of limestone cliffs. Another rare plant which favours the 

 same habitat — the native Elm — was noted at Glencar, and at Shriff 

 on Lough Gill. One of the most interesting finds fell to the 

 conductor — namely, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, which was seen 

 in fields near the road below the Swiss Valley, inside the Leitrim 

 boundary ; this station lies a couple of miles east of its previous 

 Glencar station, and constitutes a new record for Leitrim. 



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Myxomycetes. — The following list of species includes speci- 

 mens collected by M. W. R. at Crom Castle, Co. Fermanagh, in 

 September, 1913, and also some taken by Messrs. Nevin H. 

 Foster and A. W. Stelfox in the Counties Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo 

 and Fermanagh, during April, 1914, when they were making the 

 arrangements for the excursion. The remainder were collected by 

 us on the excursion in July. 



All the specimens with the exception of Ceratiomyxa fruti- 

 culosa and Lycogola epidendrum, have been submitted to Miss G. 

 Lister, F.L.S., who has returned them with interesting remarks, 

 some of which are quoted below. She pointed out that " they are 

 valuable records, as coming from districts that had apparently 



