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middle division is smaller and shorter than the lateral, and with a 

 peculiarly conical head, is the plant of peaty situations ; whereas 

 the type prefers the trough of valleys on clay soils, although able like 

 other hydrophytes to flourish on the impervious beds of the chalk 

 hills. Rarely in the new variety there is a dot or two of colour near 

 the base of the labellum. From its being known so long to its finder, 

 who has done so much to investigate the flora of his rich neieh- 

 bourhood, and who had in fact called it itmnaciilata, I have, with his 

 permission, connected his name with this interesting plant. 

 Sparg:anium minimum, Fries.— Garr3'land, 15. 

 Potamogeton lanceolatus, Sm., v-xr. hibernicus, Arth. Benn.— 

 Cahir river, in its classic locality where Mr. P. B. O'Kelly pointed it 

 out to me. In the ver}' immature condition in which I saw it, it 

 looked quite different from the Anglesey lanceolatus. ]\Ir. O'Kelly has 

 since sent me more matured plants, which I have sent to Mr. Hunny- 

 bun to sketch, and to Mr. Fryer to grow. I await the opinion of the 

 latter botanist, who has made this genus his peculiar study, with con- 

 siderable curiosity. 

 *P. angrustifolius, Presl. [P. Zizi/.)~-ln the river near Newtown, 



15- 

 Eleocharis acicularls, Br. -near Newtown, 15. 

 Scirpus pauciflorus, Lightf.— Near Feena, 9; near Ben Bulben, 28. 

 S. rufus, Schrad.— Near Seamount House, 28; with it, and sometimes 



on the same plant, the bracteate form {bifolius). 

 *Eriophorum paniculatum, Druce. (^. latifoliuw^ Iloppe).— In a 



calcareous marsh near Feena,. 9. 

 SchOBiius nigrricans, L.— As a small slender form ( 6 inches high) 

 with few-flowered spikes, near Newtown, 15. 



Carcxflava, L., var. minor, Towns, {ccdocarpa^ Anders) Lough Derg, 



15- 

 *C. Oederi, Retz, var. subglobosa (Mielich). — By Lough Neagh, Co. 



Antrim. A new variety to the Britain Isles, named by Kiikenthal. 

 C. panlcea, L. — Very luxuriant by Lough Derg, 15. 

 C. Coodenowii, Gay, var. recta, Fleisch. — Lough Derg, 15 ; near 

 Roo, 9 ; Glencar, 28. 



Var. chIorostachya(Reichb.), Druce. — Gort, 15. 

 C. diandra, vSchrauk. — Near DrumclifT, 28. 

 Ci disticha, Huds. — As a neat dark-plumed form at Roo, 15. 

 C. arenaria, Huds., var. remota, Marss. — Wicklow coast, 20. 

 Koeleria cristata, Pers. — In his recent monograph, Dr. Domin has 

 shown that this plant, in the strict sense, does not occur in the 

 British Isles; our commonest form is probably K. gracilis ^ Pers., but 

 the common form is the one with more downy culm and florets, 

 which Domin names *K. britannica. This occurs in Ireland at *Bally- 

 vaughan, 9; Ardrahan, 15 ; Glencar, Ben Bulben, 28. 

 *K. albescens, DC, var. grlabra, DC— Derrynane, i. New to Ire- 

 land I believe. 

 Poapratensis, L., var. subcaeruIea(Sm.) — Mnrrough, Muckinish, 9. 

 P. trivialis, L., var. glabra, Doell.— Gort, 15. 



