264 The Irish Naturalist, October, 



Eleocharis multlcaulis, Sm.— Marsh east of Ardkeen. 



Cladium Marlscus, R. Br. — Abundant in a marsh \ mile S.E. of 



Lough Cowey. 

 Carex teretiuscula. Good. — Occurs plentifully with the last. 

 C. paniculata, L.— Marsh 2 miles N.E of Portaferry. 

 C. divulsa, Good. — A number of fine plants in a hedgebank by the 

 side of a lane which runs from the main road to the sea, past a large 

 farm-house, between BlackstafF Bridge and Saltwater Bridge. The 

 plant grows near the shore end of the lane, on the north side. 

 Agrrostls altsa, Iv., var. maritima, Meyer. — Roadside by the sea 

 N.W. of Portaferry. A curious form, with long procumbent stems, 

 and narrow tufted inflorescence. 

 Poa nemoralis, L., var. coarctata (^Gaud.)— Abundant on walls at 



Greyabbey churchyard. 

 Clyccria plicata, Fr. — By the Carrstown Burn near Millin Bay. 

 G. fcstucaeformis, Heynhold. — Sparingly along the stony shore 

 of Strangford Lough from Marlfield Bay to Old Man's Head, and 

 again north of the BlackstafF River mouth. 

 Bromus sterllls, L-— Portaferry. 



Lastrea spinulosa, Presl.— Wolf Island bog, and \\ mile N.W. of 

 same place. 

 In addition to the above, the following plants, which are 

 rare or local in Down, and. most of them not recorded from 

 the Ards, were found in a number of stations, and maj^ be 

 set down as frequent in the district : — 



Ranunculus trichophyllus. Lycopus europaeus. 



Viola canina. Lamium intermedium, 



Cerastium tetrandrum. Stachys arvensis. 



Sagina maritima. Polygonum Raii. 



Ulex Gallii. Euphorbia exigua. 



Vicia angustifolia. Parietaria officinalis. 



Potentilla procumbens. Salix pentandra 



Rosa rubiginosa. Potamogeton obtusifolius. 



Myriophyllum spicatum. Scirpus rufus. 



Anthriscus vulgaris. Carex extensa. 



CEnanthe Lachenalii. Catabrosa aquatica. 



Valerianella dentata. Kceleria cristata. 



Bidens tripartita. Festuca rottboellioides. 



Utricularia vulgaris. Lepturus filiformis. 



U. minor. 

 Of plants which have been recorded from the Ards, but were 

 not seen by me, the most interesting are the bog plants 

 which have been alread}^ referred to. Two of Templeton's 

 records have not been verified — namel}', Erodiuvi moschatum^ 

 near Portaferry, 1806; and Osvnuida regalis, Kirkiston Bog, 



