96 The Irish Naturalist. I April, 



Kane and Mr. Dillon at Attymon, and we went to I,oughrea, 

 but a day round the lake there was much interfered with by 

 rain. The evening found us in the gamekeeper's lodge at 

 Dalystown, six miles to the southward. The 21st was devoted 

 to the Dalystown woods, visited last year. Some additional 

 plants were obtained, including Milium and Equisetum hyemale, 

 neither previously known in District VI., and Thalictrum 

 colli?ium. Early next morning I drove to Woodford, and 

 started down the river towards L,ough Derg. Sisyrinchium 

 aiigustifolium put in an appearance almost immediately, and 

 further on whole meadows were painted with its blue starry 

 blossoms and yellow-green foliage. The L,ough Derg shores 

 were worked from the mouth of the Woodford River to the 

 north-western corner, where a large and sluggish stream flow r s 

 in. The flora was interesting and characteristic. Thalictrum 

 collimim, Divsera anglica and intermedia, Rhamnus catharticus, 

 Galium bo?~eale and ziliginosum, Myn'iophylhim verticillahwi, 

 Inula salicina, Utricularia intei'media, Juniperus communis, 

 Ophrys apifera, Epipactis palustris, Rhynchospora fusca, Ca?"ex 

 filifonnis, Cladium, Sesleria, Chara toynentosa, and so on. Coming 

 back, Rhamnus F?'angula and P? r unus Padus occurred in a wet 

 wood a couple of miles east of Woodford. Pushing on to 

 Portumna, next day was spent on the Galway bank of the 

 Shannon above the town. Here grew Lathy?'tis palustris, 

 Stellaria palustris, Slum latij'olium (common all along the 

 Shannon), Galium uliginosum, Leontodoii hispidus (new 

 to VI.), Ophrys apifc7'a, Hydrocharis, and many other 

 characteristic plants. On the following morning I broke 

 ground for the first time in North Tipperary. Crossing the 

 Shannon, the terminus of the derelict railway was passed, 

 where Arenaria tenuifolia and Li?iaria viscida were flourishing. 

 The river-bank along by Portland House yielded the usual 

 flora, and a double to the south brought me to Friar's 

 IvOUgh, where Rhamnus Frangula grew in profusion, also 

 Ophrys apifera, Tragopogon pratense (rare so far west), and 

 other plants. Reaching L,ough Derg near Ballyeiragh, the 

 full lake-shore flora at once appeared, including Geranium 

 sa?igui?ieu?n, Inula salicina, and Sesleria. On June 25 I took 

 steamer to Banagher, and started eastward for L,ough Goura, 



