io2 The Irish Naturalist. September, 



weed (Potentilla anserina) sprouting in the sand under a 

 foot of water, its underground stems having travelled under 

 the lake and then grown upwards. It seemed curious to 

 see such a reversal of habitats, on the same day, within a 

 few hundred yards space : — Potentilla growing in the lake 

 and Littorella well above the water level. In this district 

 I saw also some curious plant associations. For instance 

 a little north of Nethertown behind a fringe of blown sand 

 I came across a bank between fields, the maritime end of 

 which was occupied very largely by Carex arenaria, while 

 the landward end was entirely occupied by Honeysuckle, 

 two plants that one does not naturally associate with each 

 other. On my way home I stopped at the head of the lake 

 to visit Runiex maritimus ; it was just in flower and had 

 not yet turned golden. 



On the last morning of my trip I went past Ballycronigan 

 House to the coast, ij miles south of Greenore Point, and 

 worked northwards to the old church of St. Helen's. Here 

 Salvia Verhenaca was abundant, looking more native than 

 about Rosslare ; while Convolvulus arvensis had very deeply 

 coloured rose and white flowers. Approaching St. Helen's 

 I picked up a withered clover that looked like T. scabrum, 

 and subsequently T. striatum, while on reaching the old 

 church I found all the little rocky knolls round about it 

 covered with a sward composed mainly of these two species. 

 Trifolium striatum has been recorded from the spot (Rev. 

 E. S. Marshall), but T. scabrum appears to be new to this 

 part of Wexford. 



About Kilrane I noted the ditches were full of Carex 

 remota and C. divulsa, neither of which I saw elsewhere, 

 with C. viilpina, but a hurried search failed to produce any 

 hybrids. South of Rpsslare where the road turns inland 

 to Tagoat, the Bee Orchis grew profusely in stiff Boulder- 

 clay' along the cUff-tops and in the adjoining grazing fields. 

 I have, as usual, to thank Miss M. C. Knowles for verifying 

 my identifications in the field, particularly of Aspleuium 

 lanceolatum and Erodium moschatum^ ; also for identifying 

 the Chara and Oenothera which were unknown to me. 



National Museum, Dublin. 



