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There are no sufficiently marked features in the central counties to 
call for a separate division. I have not had an opportunity of examin¬ 
ing the Ear North, my researches not having been pursued further north 
than Tyrone. Wexford, in the South-east, I have never examined, hut 
some years since a friend of mine, since dead, Thomas Barry, Esq., for¬ 
warded me a large collection of fresh fronds from this neighbourhood, 
which enabled me to learn that its Eern Elora much resembles that of 
the counties immediately adjoining. The stations examined by myself 
in the following list are either marked with my initials, or left un¬ 
marked. Those supplied from other sources are between inverted com¬ 
mas, the letters q. v. being added in cases in which I have seen the ac¬ 
tual specimens. 
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Lin .). Adder’s Tongue. 
Tipperary : Armagh Inch, along Little Brosna and Pallas Rivers. 
Kerry: Beginnish Island, Lough Kay, Yalentia, J. R. K. Meath, 
G. A. Pollock, Esq. Dublin: Dodder Yalley, Kilnasantan, J. R. K, 
“ Wexford ; Rathcormack,” Thomas Barry, Esq., q. v. 
Appears to be generally distributed in all parts of the island, having 
been recorded from near Belfast by Templeton ; its small size, and ca¬ 
pricious mode of growth, one year abundant, the next not to be found, 
probably accounts for its absence from so many of the local lists. It does 
not grow near so luxuriantly here as in England. 
Botrychium lunaria ( Linn. sp.). Moonwort. 
“ Tipperary : Clonmel,” E. H. Sargint, Esq., q. v. “ Louth,” G. A. 
Pollock. “Kerry: Yalentia Island,” Miss Helen Blackburne. Dub¬ 
lin : Kilmashogue Hill. Here also grows a singular deltoid form ( vide 
“ Nat. Hist. Review,” vol. iii., “ Proceedings Nat. Hist. Society”): Kil¬ 
nasantan and Cruagh Hills, J. R. K. Wicklow : Scalp, J. Bain, q. v. 
The short period of this plant’s appearance above ground, and the 
localities it frequents—open elevated pastures and heaths—doubtless 
contribute to render it rare in our lists. It has been obtained in the 
county Antrim, and grows as luxuriantly here as in England. 
Osmunda regain (Linn.). Royal Eern. 
Galway. King’s County: All Saints bog, rare. Clare : Lough-a- 
torrig, local. Kerry, common. Waterford: Portlaw, Ardmore. Wick¬ 
low: Devil’s Glen, rare, J. R.K. 
Erom the above, it will be seen to be generally distributed, though 
often local. It is most luxuriant in the west and south, especially near 
the sea, where a stunted form of it grows down often within the high 
tides line. In Dublin it is extremely rare. The only station I ever 
heard of, that given by Mackay, appears to be now extinct. I have 
often searched there unsuccessfully for it. 
Blechnum spicant (Linn. sp.). Northern Hard Eern. 
Common and general, growing alike in mountain range, and ele- 
