T9o6. T^ofes. i§9 
Plants in the South-East. 
Brief trips during the spring were the occasion of the making of the 
following casual notes. Vio/a liitea was traced from its headquarters 
around Brittas as far up the King's River valley as Knockalt Bridge (800 
feet), where it was joined by Saxifras^a slellaris. It was particularly 
abuudant in a pasture south of Ballykuockau, not only in the typical 
yellow form, but with purple petals (var. ainicna, Watson), and was 
accompanied by a profusion of Ophioglossum^ ' Boliyc/iium, Orchis Morio^ 
0. masatia, and three Habenarias. Poiypodiiit)i. Phegopleris grew on cliffs 
liorth-east of Mullacor. Cystopteris fragilis, whose only two recorded 
Wicklow stations are on high mountains, was seen grown sparingly on 
the walls of one of the Seven Churches Isoeles laciistns is abundant in 
the lower lake at Glendalough. 
Going further westward, Potentilla proiitmbens and Popitlus tretnala (seem- 
ingly native), both new to Kilkenny, were seen about Inistioge and 
Thomastown, and in its old station at Inistioge Coh/u'cntn autiininaU 
formed numerous tufts of dark foliage in damp meadows. Poa 
netnoralis, also new to Kilkenny, grew in hedges near Brittas, north of 
Inistioge. In Borris demesne, Co. Carlow, Lasttea spinulosa grew on a 
tree-stump. On the railway bank of the Carlow branch, close to Kildare 
junction, removed from any cultivation or road, Euphorbia Cyparassias 
has a large colony. 
R. Lr,. Praeger. 
Dublin. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Anodonta cygnea in Co. Clare. 
On June 14th last, the Limerick Field Club paid a visit to Cullane in 
Co. Clare. While walking round a little sheet of water known as 
Cragaunowen Lake, one of the members found some broken shells of 
large size, and they were recognised as broken Auodonla cygnea. 
Considering them sufficiently interesting to invite another visit to the 
spot, Dr. George Fogerty and I drove out a few days later. The level 
of the lake, which is situated about five miles inland from the village 
of Sixmilebridge, was very low, a large piece of foreshore being 
uncovered, and on this lay quantities of damaged shells, but not a living 
specimen was to be seen. However, after a search which necessitated 
wading into the lake, a colony was found in about eighteen inches of 
water. The shells lay thickly on the muddy bottom, covering an area 
of about ten square yards. The majority of the specimens were about 
4j inches long and 2 inches wide, though some reached 55 inches by 2^ 
inches. 
I sent some to the Hon. Recorder of the Conchological Society for 
registration, and I think this makes the first recorded instance of Ano- 
donta cygnea in Co. Clare. I may mention that the full list of shell 
