88 The Irish Naturalist. [April, 



Vicia angustifolia, very rarely seen away from the sea, 

 turned up at Bagenalstown, and near Kilkenny Draba muralis, 

 growing luxuriantly on a ruin in the middle of a pasture field. 

 A ramble by the Nore below the town showed Ca?'ex pendula 

 and C. paludosa growing very tall, Ranunculus pscudo-fluitans 

 in the river, and Campanula Trachelium under thickets of 

 Dogwood, which looks quite wild here, growing among Hazel, 

 Guelder-rose, and Spindle-tree. The season was too early 

 for the making of long lists, and the result of the two days 

 was 232 species for Carlow T and 225 for Kilkenny. A couple 

 of days were next spent in the Clonmel neighbourhood, to 

 check off the spring plants of Waterford and South Tipperary. 

 Working from Clonmel towards Fethard, Linum anguslifolium 

 and Geranium columbinum were seen on limestone rocks, and 

 Potamogeton coloratus in pools. At the picturesque little town 

 of Fethard the var. crenatum of the Scale Fern was particularly 

 fine ; To? His nodosa grew by roadsides, and the pastures were 

 purple with the immense profusion of Orchis Morio, which 

 occurred in every tint from deep purple to white, the pale 

 pink forms with light green veins being particularly beautiful. 

 From this pretty and interesting limestone country I passed 

 next day into the Old Red Sandstone hills of Waterford, on 

 the opposite side of the Suir. The flora here was much poorer, 

 and my list smaller by a hundred species than that made 

 the previous day. 



June 5 found me at Lough rea, where Cystoptcris fiagilis 

 grew by the roadside, and Chara polyaca?itha in the lime- 

 saturated waters of the lake. The woods of Dalystown were 

 explored in company with the Hon. R. E. Dillon, and yielded 

 among other things, Festuea sylvatica and Luzula vemalis, 

 both new to District VI., also Habenaria albida, and Eqtiisetum 

 variegatum var. ??iajus. The lake near Marble Hill, where w T e 



stayed, was fringed with Cladium and Carex filiformis 



characteristic plants of the Central Plain swamps. 



Three June days were passed at Mountrath, working the 

 southern slopes of Slieve Bloom. The first, spent along the 

 fertile banks of the Nore, yielded little that was uncommon. 

 The second, a day of storm, mist, and rain, was devoted to a 

 35-mile tramp across the range into King's County and back. 

 Entering the mountains by the Killeen River, the influence 



