Allium triquetrum, L., in Co. CorkAuthor(s): R. A. PhillipsSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 5, No. 6 (Jun., 1896), p. 167Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25521020 .

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i896.] Notes. i67

Lathrna scquamarla In King's Co.-Lathrea squamaria is found

growing freely in this county. It is well developed on the lawn of Geashill Rectory under Beech-trees, and quite lately I found it about nine miles from here on a ditch along the road through Clonad Wood The plant fastens itself to the roots of the Beech by small attachments or discs; but it also grows round the roots, forming a sort of envelope or

outer sheath; a section which I have prepared shows well the way in which the cellular tissue of the plant passes into that of the wood.

C. D. Russgit, Geashill.

Lathreea scKuamarla.-I see an inquiryinyourMay numberastothe

occurrence of Lakhraa sqzearnaria. It is found at Heywood, near Clonmel; my impression is that it is parasitic upon EIlm there. It also grows in Strabane Glen, Co. Tyrone, on the roots of Hazel.

A. H. Dxg^AP, Strabane.

Allium trlquetrum, L., in Co. Cork.-This interesting South E3uropean plant occurs in at least two stations in this county. In I890 I

found it (about 20 or 25 plants) in a grassy hollow near Dunkettle on the

northern side of Cork Harbour, where it has since continued to hold its own, and this year Surgeon W. G. Axford, R.N., has discovered it at

Monkstown, some eight miles south and on the opposite side of the harbour. Though not a native, the occurrence of this species here in a

wild state is remarkable, as its British distribution, like that of many

other Cork plants, is limited to Cornwall, where it is thoroughly naturalized, and the Channel Islands, while on the continent it is found

only in S. France, Spain, and Italy. R. A. PmuiPs, Cork.

ZOOLOGY.

SPIDERS. Discovery of the genusAtypus In Klng's Co.-A veryinterest

ing addition to our Irish list of spiders has been made by the discovery of the tubular nest of a female Azypus by Rev. Canon Russell of Geashill, near Tullamore. The specimen was kindly sent by him to the Dublin

Museum and has been authenticated by Rev. 0. P. Cambridge. Pending the discovery of the maker of the nest the species must remain doubtful, though it will probably be the less rare British form, Atypus piceus, Sulz

Atypus is the only British genus of the Avicuhvriidcr, the family which contains the great " bird-eating d spiders of the tropics and the trap-door

spiders of southern Europe. This spider constructs a long silken tube in the earth, but there is no trap-door; the end of the tube protrudes for a few inches above the sturface. The nest sent by Canon Russell con tained a caterpillar of Hepialus humuli, which may have been dragged in

by the spider as prey. Gao. H. CARPENTER.

INSECTS. Formica rufa.-This ant occurs sparingly in a wooded glen in the

Co. Waterford, near Clonmel, about two miles south of the town. A. H. DgLAP, Strabane.

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