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Valerianella Auricula, DC— In great abundance in several fields 

 of wheat at Doo Lough, and again in oats at Lough Cowey. 



Senecio Jacobaea, L., var. flosculosus (Jord.)— Bar Hall Bay below 

 Portaferry. 



Campanula rotundifolia, L.— In the whole Ards seen only at 

 Millin Bay sparingly. 



Statice rarif lora, Drej— Abundant on the Strangford Lough shore, 



but not seen anywhere on the Irish Sea shore of the Ards. 

 IVIertensia maritima, S. F. Gray.— Mr. S. A. Moore wrote me last 

 year of a colony of the Oyster-plant near Kearney. I found his 

 station, which is at the eastern extremity of Knockinelder Bay. 

 Here there is a fine growth of the plant, one specimen covering a 

 circle four feet in diameter with a mass of flowers and bluish foliage. 



Solanum Dulcamara, L.— Abundant among the reeds and Narrow- 

 leaved Reed-mace surrounding Lough Cowey. 



Euphrasia g-i*acilis, Fr. — Butterlump rock. 



Scutellaria iralericulata, L-— Stony sea-beach north of Kearney, 

 and abundant round Lough Cowey. 



Chenopodium rubrum, L. — Not unfrequent on wet sandy shores 

 in the northern Ards, where it grows among Atriplices, Chenopodium 

 alb7i?fi, Q.ndj7mciis btifonhes. Found south of Woburn House; along 

 a mile of shore at Ballyferis Point ; and in the bay south of Bally- 

 walter. 



Beta maritima, L. — On the Ards coast concentrated about Porta- 

 ferry, where it is abundant. Very rare elsewhere. 



Atriplex farinosa, Dum. — Abundant on sandy shores in the Ards, 

 from Millisle to Cloghey- 



A. portulacoides, L. — A good colony on Green Island near Portavogie; 

 The most northern station in Ireland. 



Ceratophyllum demersum, L.— Grand plants, six feet in length, 

 in pools by Lcugli Cowey; found also in Lough Doo, and in 

 Ballyherly Lough. 



Hydrocharis IVIorsus-ranae, L.— Abundant around Lough Cowey, 

 and in a marsh \ mile S.E. of it ; also in the dam at Bishop's Mill. 

 The one stream drains all three spots. 



Scilla verna, L. — Abundant on the outer shore-line, and frequent on 

 rocky knolls up the Strangford shore as far as Kircubbin. 



Juncus obtusiflorus, Ehrh. — Found only in two marshes, one on 

 either side of the road to Cloghey, il mile N.E. of Portaferry. 



J. g-Iaucus, Ehrh. — Lough Cowey. 



Typha angrustifolia, L. — Lough Doo, Bishop's Mill, and in enormous 

 abundance round Lough Cowey. 



Spargranium affine, Schnizl.— Marsh ^ mile S.E. of Lough Cowey. 



S. minimum, Fr.— Bog holes at Lough Cowey, and abundant in a 

 marsh ^ mile to the S.E 



Potamogcton plantagineus, Ducr.— Very fine in pools in a marsh 

 i^ mile from Portaferry on left-hand side of road to Cloghey. 



