§4 The Irish Nahcralist, [Marcli, 



Bell and Mullaglicarn. Mentha piperita, a few plants by the side of the 

 canal near Strabane. Scutellaria galericzilata, shore of L/Ough Catherine, 

 Baronscourt, and also at Lough Neagh, Eva Cottage. Galeopsis versicolor, 

 common in cultivated fields about Strabane. Lamitim amplexicaiile, 

 Washing bay, Lough Neagh. Lamiiim album, roadside near Dungannon. 

 Chenopodiiim Bonus- Henricus, near Stewartstown. Folygo7twn lapathifolitim, 

 Strabane. Humulus Lupulus, at Stewartstown. Parietaria officinalis, on 

 walls at Strabane. Empetrum nigrum, on the summit of Mullaghcarn. 

 Listera cordata, among heather on Bessy Bell at about i,ooo feet. Habenaria 

 bifolia, on Mullaghcarn and on Bessy Bell. Juncus glaucus, roadside 

 between Washing bay and Stewartstown. f uncus supinus, bogs at Omagh, 

 drains at Strabane. Sparganium simplex, drains near Lough Muck. 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia, Doon Point, Lough Neagh. Buto?nus umbellaius, 

 Doon Point, Lough Neagh. Sciipus pazicijlorus, mountain bogs near 

 Omagh. Scirpus sylvaticus, banks of the Strule near Omagh. RyncJiospora 

 alba, in a bog near Stewartstown. Carex teretiuscula, abundant by Lough 

 Muck. Carex aquatilis, banks of the River Finn near Strabane. Carex 

 hirta, by River Strule at Omagh- Carex curta, Carex Iccvigata, Carex 

 pendula and Carex paniculata, at the head of Strabane glen. Milium 

 eff'usum, abundant in Strabane glen. Catabrosa aquatica, near Newtown- 

 stewart. Glyceria plicata, near Omagh. Festuca sylvatica, Omagh, and also 

 plentiful in Strabane glen. Bromus secalinus, hedges near Strabane. 

 Bromus commutatus, by the roadsides at Strabane. 



Pilularia globulifera I found growing abundantly in a shallow drain and 

 in swampy ground about one mile north of Washing hd^y. " Cybele 

 Hibernica " gives *' marshy ground about two miles from the mouth of 

 the Blackwater near Lough Neagh " as a locality for this plant. This is 

 apparently the place meant, but it is in District lo instead of in District 

 12 as given in " Cybele." 



So far as I can make out, Silene anglica, *Althaa officinalis, Malva 

 rotundifolia, Arctium inter ??tediu7n, Hieracium vulgatum, * Campanula rapun- 

 iuloides, Habenaria bifolia, Carex teretiuscula, Carex aquatilis, Glyceria plicata^ 

 and Bromus secalinus are additions to District X of the " Cybele Hiber- 

 nica," I have to thank Mr. S. A. Stewart and Mr. Praeger for the 

 trouble they have taken in helping me to name my plants, and Mr. 

 Praeger for sending critical specimens to specialists. 



M. C. Knowi,ES. 



Exuberant Growth of a Bramble. 



A few days after Christmas, at St. John's Point, Go. Down, Mr, Welch 

 and I observed a bramble that showed so remarkable a year's growth 

 that it may be worth noting. It appeared to be a strong young plant, 

 and grew on the seaward side of a low loose wall on a poor and exposed 

 pasture close to the beach, and open to the sea. Five stems, arching 

 below, but prostrate for the greater portion of their length, represented 

 the growth of the past season. From tip to tip of two opposite stems 



