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Temple Michael Glen, near Cork, it has been noticed 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 recent specimens which had been gathered near Bandon, 
in this county. “ It was once found in Ballinhasy glen, near 
Cork.” — Francis' Analysis. 
Kerry. ■— The celebrated station at Turk waterfall, near Kil- 
larney, was discovered by Mr. 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 myself : 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 river; 
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 w^as there, is rather an exciting 
and ticklish operation. Having reached the projection, I as- 
cended 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. The guide* at this waterfall, subse- 
quently to my visit, has sold pieces of the fern as a “ curiosity 
of the place ” to all visitors, until he had nearly succeeded in 
eradicating it. Captain Jones informs me that in 1826 he col- 
lected specimens two hundred yards above the waterfall. Mr. 
Wilson, and my lamented friend Mr. W. Christy, found a third 
locality in a ravine of Cromaglaun mountain. Mr. Wilson in- 
forms me that another station was known to Mr. Scott, and 
another to Miss Hutchins. 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 abundantly, not only about Killarney, but 
about Glengarriff and in Valencia Island. Although the inten^ 
* Guide; in Irish, a person who lurks about all places visited by tourists, to 
extort money from them. 
