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Acinos to these. At Milford Linum angustifolium was 

 seen, and Arenaria tcnuifolia and Linaria viscida on the rail- 

 way. Near Leighlinbridge Cynoglossum officinale, very rare 

 inland, was abundant on a gravel ridge ; Calamintha officinalis 

 by the roadside, with Caucalis nodosa (new to III.), Orobanche 

 minor in fields, and what was more unexpected, Trifolium 

 fragiferum in a pasture by the canal. Proceeding to Borris 

 early next morning, on the road for Mount Leinster Papaver 

 Argemone, Stachys palustris x sy hatha, and near Killedmond 

 Cystopteris fragilis and Orobanche minor, with very fine 

 crenatum forms of Cetera ch, were seen. Mount L,einster was 

 swathed in cold, heavy mist. I noted Lastrea Oreoptcris, 

 Ranunculus Tenorma?idi, Hypericum elodes, Pinguicula 

 lusitanica, &c, near the base, and stumbled up through the 

 thick clouds to the summit (2,610 feet). Examining the steep 

 eastern slope, plenty of Saxifraga stellaris was found, an alpine 

 missed here by previous explorers, and a very satisfactory 

 addition to the District III. flora. The plant grows on both 

 the Carlow and Wexford sides of the county boundary. Next 

 day I went by train to Ballywilliam, and worked down the 

 Pollmounty river, which here bounds Wexford and Carlow, 

 through a fine glen to the Barrow. Scutellaria minor, 

 Osmunda, R. Lcnonnandi, L. cemula, grew in both counties. 

 On the Carlow side, where this stream joins the Barrow, were 

 Stellaria palustris, Trifolium fragiferum. (the' only sign of tidal 

 influence), CEnanthe fistulosa, and Salix triandra. Thence the 

 lovely scenery of the Barrow solaced me to near St. Mullin's, 

 where a welcome patch of bog added to the Carlow list 

 Andromeda, V. Oxy coccus, Rhynchospora alba, Carex iimosa, 

 Lastrea spinulosa. At St. Mullin's grew Filago minima, un- 

 recorded for District III., and by the river above it Campanula 

 Trachclium, Milium, and Eqiiisctum hyemalc. Pushing on up 

 the Barrow, Lcmna polyrhiza, new to District III., was .seen in 

 a ditch, and Lysimachia vulgaris. An evening walk back to 

 Borris finished 1113- Carlow trip. 



Carlow and Kilkenny differ from the typical country of the 

 Central Plain in their undulating surface and steep river- 

 escarpments, in the presence of slate and granite, and the 

 rarity of bogs and marshes. The flora varies accordingly. 

 Characteristic Central Plain species, such as Myriophylhcm 



