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 122 FERNS OF THE CHITRAL RELIEF EXPEDITION. nearest to MuUiugar. Very fine inside and outside the little harbour at Lord Longford's landing-stage, L. Deraveragh. GoodenowU J. Gay, yav. juncella (T. M. Fries). Bog of Lynn. Agrostis canina L. *f. mutica ; stoloniferous. Drin More, Knock Drin. — Phragmites communis Trin. var. ^nigricans Gren. & Godr. N.W. end of L. Owel. — Poa pratensis L. var. "^'subccerulea (Sm.). Bog of Lynn. — ■'^(Hyceria plicata Fr. Knock Drin. Athyrium Filix-foemina Roth. var. ■^convexum Newman. Knock Drin Woods. — Lastrea Filix-mas Presl. var. -r a finis Bab. Wood by Brittas Lake, Knock Drin. — Var. ^^yaleacea Moore. Damp wooded ground, Quarry Bog. Chara vulgaris L. var. -dongibracteata Kuetz. L. Ennel ; so named by Messrs. H. & J. Groves for the Rev. E. S. Marshall. The Characece in the district were remarkable for their quantity and great variety ; probably few districts could make a better show. Since the above paper was written, the Rev. W. M. Rogers (whom we thank for much help in criticizing our Westmeath brambles, and working at some that are still unnamed) has agreed to our suggested name of -'E. viridis Kalt. for a Knock Drin plant. We have also learnt through Mr. Levinge that the following species or varieties in the above list have not previously been noted for Ireland : — R. Idaus var. asperrimus Lees ; jR. opacus Focke ; R. daidcus Focke ; R. radula var. echinatoides Rogers ; R. Newbouldii Bab. ; R. fuscus var. macrostachys P. J. Muell. ; and R. thyrsiger Bab. FERNS OF THE CHITRAL RELIEF EXPEDITION. By C. W. Hope. Native plant-collectors were sent by Mr. J. F. Duthie, B.A., F.L.S., the Director of the Botanical Department, Northern India, with the Field Force which went to the relief of Chitral Fort in the spring of the year 1895. One of these was placed under the orders and superintendence of Surgeon-Lieutenant S. A. Harriss, I.M.S., one of the medical officers of the force. The collections, made in the months of May, June, and July, were brought to Mr. Duthie for determination, and he has kindly allowed me to see and cata- logue the Ferns found among them. The other botanical collector was sent in August to assist Brigadier- General W. Gatacre, who collected from April to September. The collections were sent to the Botanical Department, and the ferns included in them have also been shown to me. From both collections I have compiled the following list, from which it will be seen that twenty-seven species, including two now for the first time named and described, have been found in the Trans-Indus States which were traversed by the Expedition; and that, while all have previously been found in British India, nineteen of them are European, and thirteen British.
 * Carex divulsa Good. Knock Ross, by L. Deraveragh. — C.