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The Ifish Naturalist. February, 



province. Passing through Scrabby, I examined the wind- 

 ing western shores of Lough Gowna. Quite the best plant 

 found was Typha angustifolia, which grew in both Cavan and 

 Longford, forming a connecting link between its widely 

 separated stations on Lough Derevaragh and Lough Neagh. 

 Lastrea Oreopteris and L. cemula occurred on the lakeshore, 

 and Potamogeton heterophyllus in its waters ; Lamium hybridum 

 was gathered near Granard in the evening. Next morning I 

 started from Drumod in Leitrim, and worked down the 

 Shannon to Newtownforbes, and thence to Longford. Two 

 excellent plants rewarded my exertions. On a patch of 

 stony river- margin near Roosky Teucrium Scordium was 

 found. Though so characteristic of the great expansions of 

 the Shannon — Loughs Derg and Ree — this plant was unknown 

 north of the latter lake ; and a search which I made of the 

 head-waters of the Shannon around Loughs Key and Gara 

 three years ago was as unsuccessful in yielding the Water 

 Germander as Mr. Stewart's exploration of Lough Allen. 

 I found it again a couple of hours later inside the Longford 

 boundary, and the occurrence of these isolated patches 

 stimulates the hope that it will yet be found around some of 

 the head- water lakes. The Roosky station adds T. Scordium 

 to the flora of District IX. The other plant represented a 

 wider extension of range. This was Viola stagnina, formerly 

 recorded only from a limited area in Clare and Galway. It 

 grew in peaty ground close to the edge of the river below 

 Roosky, in Co. Longford. Lough Forbes proved of no special 

 interest, but yielded Carex Pseudo-cypc? us and other marsh 

 plants, and a detour into a bog here added Rhynchospora ftisca 

 to the flora of Longford. 



An afternoon ramble by the Liffey above Leixlip on June 17 

 yielded Ranunculus Auricomus, Oroba?iche Hcdcrcz and Poa 

 nemoralis. Next morning I cycled from Birr to Kinnitty, at 

 the northern base of the Slieve Blooms, and spent some 

 hours examining the fine glens that run into the mountains 

 there. A large number of calcifuge species were added to 

 the King's Co. list ; Equisetum variegatwn and Lycopodium 

 clavatuvi were the most interesting plants seen— and Uhnus 

 montana, apparently truly native in a mountain gorge. In 

 the evening I rode through miles of bog to the desolate 

 village of Frankford. The following day was devoted to bog- 



