to enthuse about plants everywhere? Whatever causes you decide to champion, I am sure you will enjoy yourself and meet goodwill wherever you go. Wishing you the very best of luck, and a consistent tailwind, John Faulkner (President 2015-2017) ----------
A selection of Co. Monaghan (H32) specimens donated to the National Herbarium (DBN), National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: 2015-2020 Alexis FitzGerald Email: alexisfitzgeraldibn@gmail.com In preparation for an upcoming Flora of County Monaghan publication (currently in its final editing stages), I have been donating voucher specimens for new county records or otherwise rare plant records from Co. Monaghan (H32) made by myself to the National Herbarium (DBN), National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, in Dublin. These donations were made annually from 2015 to 2020. The main aims of the donations were to create as broad a representation as possible of the Monaghan flora within the National Herbarium, to support rare/new county records with representative voucher specimens and also to facilitate further detailed research on the particular groups/species collected. In total, 381 vascular plant specimens and 17 charophyte specimens were donated to the National Herbarium during this period. Below is presented a selection of these aforementioned specimens. Summary details of the donated specimens are given, however, full information for the records (including higher resolution grid references) may be requested from myself or from the National Herbarium (notes on records below: grid references are presented in Irish Grid; taxonomy, order and nomenclature follows Stace (2019), whilst for Rubus, Taraxacum and Hieracium, Sell & Murrell (1996-2018) is followed; det. = determined by; conf. = confirmed by; AF = Alexis FitzGerald; NIR = new Irish record; NCR = new county record). Chara aculeolata Kütz. – Tullyallen Lough, N85.99, 2018 (AF – conf. Nick F. Stewart, 2018) Chara curta Nolte ex Kütz. – Lough Corcrin, H86.04, 2016 (AF – det. Claudia C. FergusonSmyth, 2018). Equisetum hyemale L. (Rough Horsetail) – in woodland by a tributary of the River Blackwater near Straclevan, H551.396, 2017 (AF) Equisetum × litorale Kühlew. ex Rupr. (E. fluviatile × E. arvense) (Shore Horsetail) – SE shore of Muckno Lough near Toome, H863.175, 2018 (AF – conf. Declan Doogue, 2018) Azolla filiculoides Lam. (Water Fern) – Blackraw Lough, H642.269, 2017 (AF) (NCR) Thelypteris palustris Schott (Marsh Fern) – E edge of Drumreaske Lough, H643.350, 2015 (AF) PAGE 21
