250 The Irish Naturalist, October, 



silvestris from Boniska, Veronica hederqfoliay common about 

 FoyneS; but for which no definite record was published, and 

 Stachys a?ve7isis from the garden at Ardanoir. The last, 

 though a rare plant on limestone, is frequent about Foynes. 

 In May I received the Salsify, Tragopogort porrifolius, in full 

 flower. This plant grows in some quantity with T. pratense 

 in the meadows between Robertstown Creek and the railway 

 bridge, and along the railway banks, and seems well estab- 

 lished about Foynes. These are the most important of the 

 plants sent to me before June. 



In June Miss O'Brien and I confined our attention to the 

 more eastern portion of the Barony, the part in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Foynes, and we were fortunate in finding a 

 number of very interesting plants. One of the most interest- 

 ing is Rosa hibemica, var. glabra, Baker. Mr. Stewart, of 

 Belfast, kindly named this plant for me, but said the naming 

 should not rest on his authority alone, and suggested I should 

 send it to someone for confirmation. I accordingly sent it to 

 the Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, who says " This seems to agree 

 well with authentic specimens of Rosa hiber7iica, var. glabra 

 which (as you probably know) Mons. Crepin considers to be 

 Rosa glauca^ pi7fipinellifo Ha, Q.v^ry strong state." Hitherto 

 this plant has only been recorded in Ireland from the north- 

 east. Mr. Praeger in his Irish Topographical Bota7iy says 

 " North-east only, where it has rather been lost sight of since 

 Dr. Moore's time (about 1835)." It was growing in a meadow 

 on the banks of the White River, Loughil, near the old mill, 

 among a tangle of Brambles and White Thorn. Me7itha 

 rotuTidifolia, Mentha piperita and Ta7iacetuin vnlgare were 

 also in great abundance in this meadow, and quite near Miss 

 O'Brien got Myosotis repe7is, which is wanted for the county, 

 and Riibus i7ifest7is, Weihe, which Mr. Moyle Rogers sa3's is 

 the first specimen he has seen from Co. I^imerick. In Irish 

 Topographical Bota7iy the only records are from Co. Dublin 

 and Co. Londonderry. We collected few Roses and were 

 rather early for Rtcbi. The Roses are all varieties of Rosa 

 ca7ii7ia, but as the forms of this species have not been 

 worked out in Ireland I give them below for the benefit of 

 those who may undertake the work ; they have been named 

 by Rev. K- S. Marshall and Mr. 3- A. Stewart. Rosa, ca7ii7ia^ 



