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116 BIOGRAPHICAI, INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS.<br />

— C. divulsa Good. Limestone rocks, head of Kenmare Bay.— C.<br />

aquatilis Walil. Several spots, south end of Caragh Lake ; by old<br />

Kenmare road near Upper Lake, Killarney.—C. Goodenowii var.<br />

juncella Fr. Upper Lake, Killarney. C. limosa L. In most of<br />

the larger Kerry bogs. C. prcecox, form called C. mollis by Host, in<br />

a boggy common between Sherehee and the River Flesk, Killarney<br />

{vide antea).— C. punctata Gaud. Sparingly near Hog's Head,<br />

Waterville, and very abundant about Darrynane and along Kenmare<br />

Bay. C.Jiliformis L. South end of Upper Lake, Killarney,<br />

and abundant round a small lake near it.<br />

Glyceria plicata Fr. Near Waterville.<br />

'Bromus erectits Huds. I. Sparingly in a field at South-hill,<br />

Killarney. This plant, with Crepis taraxacifolia and Linaria<br />

viscida, is spreading with great rapidity along the railway tracks in<br />

Ireland ; the Linaria can, in fact, be already traced along the<br />

ballast, from Dublin to the extreme end of that railway at<br />

island in Kerry.<br />

Castle-<br />

Trichomanes radicans Sw. I was shown some stunted scraps of<br />

this now very rare fern, on Tore Mtn., Killarney.<br />

PIm/opteris poJypodioides Fee. Very fine in a gully on the Paps<br />

Mtn., Killarney, and above Lough Reagh ; Upper Glencar.<br />

Ophioglossum vulgatum L. Darrynane Wood ; and near the<br />

head of Kenmare Bay.<br />

Equisetum vanegatnm var. Wilsoni Newm. On a damp cliff.<br />

Paps Mtn., Killarney, at about 1500 ft.<br />

Pihdaria globulifera L. I. Sparingly at south end of Upper<br />

Lake, Killarney.<br />

Chara fragilis var. capillacea C. & G. Bog-holes near Waterville,<br />

&c. C. vulgaris var. papillata Wallr. Near Waterville.<br />

Nitella gracilis Agardh. South end of Caragh Lake (vid antea).<br />

—N. translucens Agardh. Caragh and Waterville Lakes, &c. — N.<br />

flexilis Agardh, Caragh, Acoose and Waterville Lakes, &c.<br />

My best thanks are, as usual, due to Mr. Arthur Bennett,<br />

Messrs. Groves, Mr. Hanbury, and Mr. A. G. More.<br />

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH<br />

BOTANISTS.<br />

By James Britten, F.L.S., and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S.<br />

(Continued from p. 91.)<br />

Park, Mungo (1771-1805): b. Foulshiels, near Selkirk, 10th<br />

Sept. 1771 ; d. Niger, 1805. Traveller and surgeon. A.L.S.,<br />

1793. Brother-in-law of James Dickson. Protege of Banks.<br />

to Africa, 1795-1797, 1801-<br />

Went to India and Sumatra, 1792 ;<br />

1805. Plants in Brit. Mus. Life prefixed to ' Journal,' 1805-<br />

1815. 'Life,' 1838. Rees, Suppl. Hist. Berw. Nat. Club, x.<br />

DOJ. Portr, prefixed to ' Travels,' 1799, Farkia Br.

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