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var. urbica (lyeman)— White River, lyoughil ; van dunialis 

 (Bechst.)— roadside near Oldabbey, Foynes; var. sphcsrica 

 (Gren.)— Mount Trenchard, Foynes ; var. lutetiajia {^^m2,rv) — 

 banks of Deal River near Askeaton. 



In the wood east of Foynes we found Carex strigosa^ and 

 we got it again al Mount Trenchard, where it grows with 

 Milium effusitm and Ncottia Nidus-avis. The I^imerick Field 

 Club have already noted the Bird's-nest Orchis from this 

 locality, but I mention it as I had never before" seen it growing 

 in such profusion. I counted over 50 plants in one small 

 bit of the wood. 



The Shannon shore yielded many interesting plants, though 

 few that have not been mentioned by Mr. Stewart in his 

 " Report on the Botany of South Clare and the Shannon." ^ 

 We were, however, unable to find Polystichum aaileatum 

 which he lists from Foynes. Agropyron pu?igens and the 

 variety Lecoqii of Papaver dubium are two that have not been 

 recorded from the county before. On the mud-fiats and in 

 the salt-marshes at Robertstown Creek, a large inlet of the 

 Shannon about 2 miles east of Foynes, I found what looked 

 like an unusually large form of Glyceria maritima growing in 

 great abundance. I sent this with other plants to Mr. A. 

 Bennett, who said " a puzzling plant, with, much the aspect 

 of the French G, Foucaudii'' Hearing from Mr. Praeger that 

 the Rev. E- S. Marshall had found in a similar salt-marsh in 

 Kent, a plant which had been named by Hackel as G. 

 Foucaudiij I at Mr. Praeger's suggestion sent Mr. Marshall 

 my specimens to see if they agreed with his. Mr. Marshall 

 says " I think that your sheet of Glyceria can hardly be 

 separated from my herbarium specimens gathered in a ' fat ' 

 diich near Grain, W. Kent, in June, 1892, though the glumes 

 are more glabrous." He very kindly sent me his specimens 

 to see, and so far as I can judge they seem to be the same 

 plant. But there the matter must rest till I can get fresh speci- 

 mens next year to send to Prof Hackel, the describer of G. 

 Foucatidii. In Barry gone bog, which is really a large swamp 



^ FrQc. R.I. Acad,, 3rd s., i. 343-369. 1890. 



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