Mr. W. Thompson's Notes on British Char. 439 



On reeds. Tansor, Norths. At present I have found only a 

 very few specimens. 



252. Torula Plantaginis, Corda, Ic. fasc. 3. tab. 1. f. 14. 

 On leaves of Plantains. Stibbington, Hunts., 1828. I find 

 exactly the same barren creeping threads of a perfectly distinct 

 structure from the torulose threads as Corda. I suspect that 

 further observations will show that this fungus has distinct 

 sporidia. At present, however, it must remain in the genus 

 Torula. 



253. Puccinia Galiorum, Lk., Sp. vol. ii. p. 76. Dr. John- 

 ston finds a beautiful variety on Asperula odorata. 



254. JEcidium Pedicidaris, Loboschutz. Cceoma Pedicu- 

 lariatum, Lk., Sp. vol. ii. p. 47. Near Berwick. Dr. Johnston, 

 Sept. 1839. Only a very few specimens of this interesting spe- 

 cies occurred. 



255. JE. Asperifolii, Pers. Syn. p. 208. On Boragince. 

 Berwicks., Dr. Johnston. 



256. Uredo hypodytes, Schlecht., Kl. ! exs. 83. Spittal Links. 

 Berwicks., Dr. Johnston, who informs me that he has in vain 

 looked for specimens this year, though it was very abundant 

 when he first met with it. 



LI. — Notes on British Char, Salmo Umbla, Linn., S. Sal- 

 velinus, Don. By Wm. Thompson, Vice-Pres. Nat. Hist. 

 Society of Belfast. 



Having within the last few years, through the kindness of 

 friends and correspondents, been favoured with specimens of 

 Char from various localities in the British Islands, I shall here 

 give some notes made upon them. 



It may first be mentioned, that so late as the years 1835 

 and 1836, when the excellent volumes of Mr. Jenyns and 

 Mr. Yarrell appeared, neither author had seen any Char from 

 Ireland* or Scotland, and the original observations contained 

 in their respective works were necessarily limited to examples 

 of the fish from the lakes of England and Wales. In the 

 Edinburgh Philosophical Journal for January 1835 (vol. xviii. 

 p. 58), Sir Wm. Jardine noticed the Salmo alpinus as taken 

 by his party in Sutherlandshire. 



* When I supplied Mr. Yarrell with the published localities in Ireland 

 for the Char, as noticed in his work, I had not seen any native examples of 

 the species. In the Supplement to his ( British Fishes' (1839, p. 27), this 

 author has offered a few remarks on Char sent him by Lord Cole from 

 Loughs Eask and Melvin in Ireland — these are considered to be examples 

 of the S. Umbla, Linn., and S. Salvelinus, Don. 



