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speedily reinforced by the full bog-flora, including Andromeda, 

 new to District II. Erysimum cheiranthoides, growing by the 

 roadside far out in the bog, was an unexpected addition. As I 

 pushed on, the country assumed by degrees a sylvan aspect, 

 and Thurles came again in view. Sparganium affine was 

 gathered in the river close to the town. The fourth day I 

 worked from Templemore over the Devil's Bit and Knockanora 

 — ribs of Old Red Sandstone that break through the crust of 

 Carboniferous rocks. The cliffs and slopes yielded a calcifuge 

 flora of ordinary type, with a few upland species, such as 

 Habenaria albida (new to District VII.) and Laslrea Orcopteris. 

 Next I turned my attention to the fair county of Kilkenny, 

 and chose Thorn astown as a centre — a quaint and interesting 

 place, situated on a pretty bend of the Nore. The flora here, 

 where the Nore winds through undulating limestone and slate 

 county, was clearly richer than that of the Central Plain. I 

 was in the home of Campanula Trachelium, which lightened 

 the copses by the river. Verbena, Staehys aivensis, Erigeron 

 acre, Malva moschata, Allium vineale, Orobanche minor, Counts 

 sanguinea, Euphorbia exigua, Potamogcton dens?ts, now put in 

 an appearance, many of them in abundance. The first day 

 was spent within a few miles of Thomastown. Polamogeto?i 

 Zizii, Valcrianel 'la Auricula, Salix triandra, Scirpus pauciflotus 

 represented additions to the flora of District III. The woods 

 on the steep river-banks yielded Orobanche Hcdercs and Milium. 

 Festuca Myuros was abundant on every old wall. On the 

 second day I took train to Mullinavat, and made for Lough 

 Cullen, apparently the only lake in the county. I was well 

 rewarded by a large access of plants to the Kilkenny list, 

 including Typha angustifolia, which had no station south of 

 Co. Down, though it formerly grew near Dublin. Nastwtium 

 palustre, Apium inundatum, Bidens ccniua, B. tripartita, 

 Sparganhim simplex and minimum, Potamogeton obtusifolius, 

 Scutellaria minor, Pinguicula lusitanica, represent the flora of 

 the marshes and ditches around the lake. Then I cut across 

 for the River Suir, and worked its banks for a few miles above 

 Granny. A full salt-marsh flora was listed, including Coch- 

 learia anglica, CEnanthe Lachenalii, Apium graveolans, Tri- 

 folium fragiferum, Carcx distans, Lepturus filiformis, the last 

 three additions to District III. Dipsacus was abundant on 



