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the spot where the fern was growitig, and it bad been by this means ahno'it 

 entirely destroyed. In Temple Michael Glen, near Cork, it has been no- 

 ticed by several botanists ; but I am informed by Mr. S. P. Woodward, 

 that in August, 1843, there was very little left: Mr. Woodward also in- 

 forms me, that at the Cork meeting of the British Association, he saw re- 

 cent specimens which had been gathered near Bandon, in this county. It 

 has also recently been found by Mr. CaiTol, " under a shelf of rocks near 

 the summit of Carrigeena, Kildorrery, in the North of county Cork, at an 

 elevation of 1000 or 1200 feet."— (See Phytol. iv. 78). In the ' Botanist's 

 Guide for the County of Cork ' the following additional stations are given : 

 — " At a fall of the small river Clashgariffe, about a mile from where it 

 joins the Lee ; Mr. J. Drummond. Beneath a dripping rock in Temple- 

 michael Glen, close below the high bridge, about four miles from Cork, 

 very sparingly : Mr. D. Murray. It still e.^ists there. Near Glandore ; 

 Dr. G. J. Allman. On the banks of several of the lakes near Bantry : Mr. 

 C. C. Babington.— Very rare."— P. 81. 



Kerry. — The celebrated station at Turk waterfall, near Ivillaruey, was 

 discovered by Dr. Mackay, in 1804 ; he observed the plant in considerable 

 quantity, and producing fruit. This station has been visited subsequently 

 by many botanists and tourists ; among the latter tribe I may include my- 

 self. I first observed it to the left of the seat whence visitors usually take 

 their first view of the cascade. About fifteen yards higher up the stream, 

 the rocky bank on the left projects into the I'iver ; this projection is only 

 to be reached by striding from stone to stone along the bed of the stream, 

 which, in times of flood, as appeared to be the case when I was there, is 

 rather an exciting and ticklish operation. Having reached the projection, 

 I ascended it without difficulty, by the assistance of the boughs and roots 

 of trees ; and on the top is a little platform, standing on which I saw the 

 bank close before my eyes robed in Trichomanes. It was a beautiful sight. 

 Captain Jones informs me, that in 18x!6 he collected specimens two hun- 

 dred yards above the waterfall. Mr. Wilson, and ray lamented friend, Mr. 

 W. Christy, found a third locality in a ravine of Cromaglaun mountain. 

 Mr. Wilson informs me that another station was kno\^Ti to Mr. Scott, and 

 another to Miss Hutchhis. Mr. Robson has subsequently found it higher 

 up the stream than the station mentioned by Captain Jones, and that in 

 such plenty as to procure a number of roots, which he has planted abun- 

 dantly, not only about Killarney, but also about Glengarriff and in Valentia 

 Island. Although the intention in doing this is perhaps a good one, that 

 of preserving in Ireland this interesting species, yet I fear it will scarcely 

 meet with the approbation of botanists generally. I learn from Dr. AUchin, 

 and other English botanists, that it is abundant in a very great number of 

 stations on Turk mountain, even to its very summit, ascending to an alti- 

 tude of 1500 feet ; there is therefore not the slightest probability of its ever 



