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drain. No Pyrola has, apparently, been noticed in King's 

 County or Tipperary since How wrote until now,-^ but his 

 record is placed under P. minor in " Cybele Hibernica," 

 Ed. I, and doubtfully under P. rotundifolia in " Cyb. Hib." 

 Ed. II. and " Irish Topographical Botany." 



RuMEX PULCHER L. — Several old Dublin records, dating 

 from 1833 to 1868, exist for this plant, but recent writers 

 appear to have regarded it as now extinct in the county. 

 However, in July, 1923, Mr. C. B. Moffat and I discovered 

 it growing in great abundance on each side of the road 

 between Portrane and Donabate. It is still widespread 

 and abundant about Youghal and Whitegate, Co. Cork, 

 and in July, this year, I found one plant by a roadside 

 near Kilkenny and several plants in a new station near 

 Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. 



Calamagrostis Epigeios Roth. — In August, 1917, 1 found 

 this rare grass on an island in Lough Atorick, an interesting 

 extension of its known range. The line of division between 

 Clare and Galway crosses this lake, the island is on the 

 Clare side. 



Festuca procumbens Kunth. — In June, 1901, I saw 

 this plant in some plenty in a salt marsh near the mouth 

 of the Blackwater near Youghal, Co. Cork. On visiting 

 the place again last August I found that it is still there. 

 It has been recorded for several stations in Ireland, in some 

 of which it is now extinct, but is not, apparently, regarded 

 as a member of our indigenous flora. 



A few other items, of interest as extending their known 

 range in Ireland, which have come under my notice are : — 

 Cochlearia danica L., common on old walls at Athenry, 

 Galway South-east, about thirteen miles inland. Helianthe- 

 mum guttatum Mill., abundant on the Calf Islands near Cape 

 Clear. Trifolium arvense L., frequent about Poulsallagh, 

 Co. Clare. Geranium pyrenaicum L., G. columbinum L., 

 and Orobanche rubra Smith, all on Inishmore, Aran Islands, 

 August, 1915. Limosella aquatica L., found by Mr. A. W. 

 Stelfox and me in several small rain-pools on the limestone 



" A bog near Dunkerrin," in King's County, is mentioned as a locality 

 for Pyrola rotundifolia in an old book, " The Scientific Tourist," by " An 

 Irish Gentleman," published in 1818. The entry ma}^ be based on 

 How's, but the change in the description of the site is curious, Dunkerrin 

 and Rosrrea being six miles apart, Eds, 



