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and Comeraghs. The best plants seen were Cynoglossum 

 officinale near Ardfinnan, Carex mztricata at Knocklofty, and 

 Bromus erectus on the railway bank at Cahir — but only one 

 patch, and so must be marked f. Carex divulsa is a 

 characteristic plant of the district. Starting next morning 

 from Bansha, I crossed the famous Vale of Aherlow, with the 

 Galtees towering in front. A gravel-pit here yielded several 

 good plants. Picris hieracioides, already recorded by me from 

 Queen's County and Kildare, was abundant ; with it were 

 Galium Mollugo, Papaver Argemone, Oroba?iche minor, and 

 quantities of Ophrys apifera. Fording the flooded river, and 

 ascending through pinewoods carpeted with Lastrea amula I 

 was soon well among the Galtees, and in due course reached 

 Ivough Muskry, a deep tarn with no visible outlet, shut in by 

 a semicircle of stupendous cliffs. Mr. Hart has described the 

 alpine vegetation of this spot, which possesses considerable 

 variety, and is remarkable for the immense profusion and 

 luxuriance of the plants which compose it. Cochlearia alpina, 

 Sedum Rhodiola, Saxijraga iwibrosa, S. stellaris, S. hirta, 

 S. hyp?ioides, Oxyria re?iiformis, Cystopteris fragilis, and 

 Asplenium viride, tenant the cliffs in delightful abundance. 

 Botrychium Lu?iaria, gathered here at 2,250 feet, extends its 

 Irish vertical range by 500 feet. On the summit of the hill 

 above (Greenane, 2,636 feet), Carex rigida was plentiful. 

 Thence down the long southern slopes, which are devoid of 

 interest, and back by road to Cahir. The following day, the 

 country between Bansha and Cahir was explored. An esker- 

 ridge with gravel-pits in it proved the most productive ground, 

 yielding Calamintha Aci?ios, Cy?ioglossum officinale, Ca?li?ia, 

 Torilis nodosa, and Orchis Mario, most of them wanted for my 

 South Tipperary list ; the first is new to District II. That 

 evening I returned to Dublin. 



Next morning I was off on a flying visit to Donegal and 

 Fermanagh, with the object of forming an opinion as to the 

 standing of one or two disputed plants. Reaching Belleek in 

 the afternoon I cycled to near Brown Hall in Donegal, to 

 seek Helia7ithe7num vulgaic, found there by Mr. H. C. Hart 

 in 1893. In addition to the scant published information, I 

 had the advantage of a marked map and full description of 

 the station, kindly supplied me by the finder of the plant. 

 My search was unsuccessful. The point marked by Mr. Hart 



