130 The Rev. Dr. Hincks on the Flora of Ireland. 



p. 1 1 8. Meum Athamanta. Mr. T. has the following entry : 

 " Athamanta Meum, E. B. 2249, found plentifully among the 

 grass in the lawn at Maryville, Malone ; but as I have not 

 found it elsewhere, it is probably lately introduced, 1818." 

 Such caution gives more weight to Mr. T.'s authority when 

 he does admit a plant. 



p. 135. Hedera Helix. Mr. T. observed that " Ivy growing 

 against rocks produces gum." I have not seen this noted. 



p. 144. Smith, in his e Kerry/ mentions Cineraria palustris 

 and integrifolia, the latter on Knockanore mountains. Have 

 botanists looked for these plants ? The same author mentions 

 Diotis maritima as found on Ballyheigh Strand. Dr. Barker, 

 in 1800, mentioned Cineraria palustris as very common in 

 the county Waterford ; and in one of his letters to Prof. 

 Marty n or Mr. Dickson, Mr. Templeton mentions a plant 

 resembling a Cineraria, respecting which I do not know that 

 he satisfied himself. 



p. 148. Senecio. Mr.T. has "lividus, E.B. 2515, found about 

 lakes and bogs in the neighbourhood of Ballinahinch, Aug. 

 14, 1810." As he was evidently familiar with Sylvaticus, he 

 could not have confounded them, if, as Sir W. Hooker thinks, 

 the plant in E. B. was not distinct from it. 



p.l 64. Hieracium umbellatum. Mr. Templeton found a Hiera- 

 cium at Tullamore, under the Mourne mountains, which he 

 could not assign to any species he knew. This was in 1793, 

 and he sent specimens to Prof. Martyn, and it was referred 

 to in different letters of that period. The Professor, after 

 some time, answered, " that after examining it with Dr. 

 Smith (Sir J. E.) and Mr. Dickson (Covent Garden), they 

 all thought it umbellatum" Mr. Templeton cultivated it in 

 his garden, and was at one time inclined to think it might be 

 a variety of H. subaudum, but seems to have been at last 

 satisfied that it was umbellatum. J. White, employed by the 

 Dublin Society, said that he found this plant in the Mourne 

 mountains about 1803, ten years later. Mr. Mackay speaks 

 of it as found in the county Wicklow; and by Mr. D. 

 Moore in the county Derry. Both these must have been 

 at a much later period. 



p. 216. Betonica officinalis. This plant is stated in Smith's 

 e Waterford f to have been found near Cappoquin, and Mr. 

 Templeton marked it as found in the county Waterford, 1801, 

 on Dr. Barker's authority. Mr. Mackay has southern habi- 

 tats near Killarney, noticed, I presume, by himself, and he 

 adds, " Shane's Castle woods, Mr. Templeton." In Mr. T.'s 

 own Flora he does not say that he had seen it wild, but 

 quotes e Plantae Rariores' for Shane's Castle. There must have 



