98 The Irish Naturalist. [April, 



measure country to Carlow — a striking change to the extensive 

 woods and marshes of the Brkina valley, traversed the day 

 before. The Coal-measure flora proved exceedingly poor, as 

 was expected ; but Salix Smithiana was an addition to District 

 III., and several calcifuge species were noted that filled blanks 

 in my county list. The descent from the Coal- measure 

 plateau into the rich valley of the Barrow, with the Wicklow 

 mountains beyond, offers one of the loveliest prospects in 

 Ireland. I arrived at Carlow in time to complete a thirty- 

 mile da>- by pushing northward along the Queen's County 

 bank of the Barrow, where Ch cej ophyllum temulum, not pre- 

 viously in my list, grew in wonderful profusion mile after 

 mile, and Rhamnus catharticus was noted in the hedges. At 

 Maganey I caught the evening train to town. 



The arranging and carrying out of the Field Club Conference 

 at Kenmare now made a serious interruption in botanical 

 work, but on July 16 I got away, and did a long tramp through 

 the central part of Kildare, by Rathangan and Robertstown — 

 not an interesting countr)\ Ranunculus circinatus, Myrio- 

 phyllum verticillatum, Galium uliginosum, Potamogcton densus, 

 and Tolvpella glomcrata were the best plants found. 



On July 17 I took up quarters at Thurles for a brief survey 

 of both divisions of Tipperary. The first day was spent in 

 working some marshes and bogs lying north of the town, in 

 lightning and awful downpours of rain, which did much 

 damage in the district. The usual Central Plain marsh flora 

 turned up, and on a bog at Barracurragh Rhynchospora fusca. 

 Next morning I took train to Goold's Cross, and went S.E. 

 towards Fethard. Galium uliginosum and Myriophyllum 

 verticillatum were seen as I crossed the Suir ; and then, through 

 Cashel, with its famous ruins, and for many miles beyond, the 

 route lay through country tilled beyond all hope for the 

 botanist, so that a small marsh near the road was eagerly 

 pounced upon. It yielded Utriculaiia intermedia and Ca)rx 

 tcrctiuscula, both new to District II., Chara polyacantha, and 

 many other additions to my South Tipperary list. The 

 picturesque little town of Fethard was reached as darkness 

 fell. Next day I went north, getting very fine Potamogeto?i 

 densus by the railway, and a pass led through swelling hills 

 out into a vast stretch of bog country, where my list was 



