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the country, in II., IV., V., and VI. of the CybeU Districts. 

 It is due to Mr. Foggitt to state that the correct identification 

 of this critical species is to be ascribed to his sagacious 

 suggestion. 



The meadow at Glenmore in which the Galmm grows is> 

 botanically, rather remarkable. It is that in which Poterium 

 Sa7ig7iisorba w^as noticed some years ago, and which still 

 remains to be the only station for this plant in the north. 

 It is in such abundance that it is certain it must have been 

 there for very many 3^ears ; but whether this plant (and the 

 Galmm also) may be indigenous there, or ma}^ have been 

 introduced by human agency, it is difficult to determine. The 

 soil in which it grows is of a more loamy character than that 

 of the remainder of the field, which is drier, yielding plants, 

 to enumerate onl}^ a few taken at random, such as Anemone 

 nemorosa, Vicia cracca, and V. sepium (some plants of V, 

 sepium with white flowers) ; Lathyrus prafensis, L, macror- 

 rhizus and Bu7iium flextiosum. The Centaury {Erythra^a centau- 

 riiim), ever one of the most charming of summer flowering 

 plants, is not un frequently to be met with ; and the Kyebright, 

 and the Fairy Flax {Lijnini cathartictmi) are here and there 

 associated. The Bluebell {Endymio7i nutans), the Hairbell 

 {Campanula 7'of2i7idifolia), and lyady's Bedstraw {Galium ver7i7n) 

 are in plenty ; there is much profusion of St. John's worts, of 

 which three species may be mentioned, Hyperic2i77i perfo7at7i7u, 

 //. pulchrwn, and H. quad ra7ig7ilu 771 {dubiu7}2), the last named 

 being so plentiful and luxuriant as to have the appearance, 

 when seen from a distance, of a mass of golden-flowered Rag- 

 weed. Ox-eye Daisies {Chrysa7iihe7mim Ieucanthem2i77i) give 

 pleasing variety ; Briza 77udia is everywhere in the field ; and 

 on a bank overlooking a mill-race, which flows from the river 

 Lagan, there is enormous quantity of one of the rarer Horse- 

 tails, Eq7iisetu77t hye77iale, growing amongst thickets of Hazel 

 and Guelder-Rose ; and nowhere in the neighbourhood, 

 although it grows in most of the grass fields round about, is 

 the curious little Adder s-tongue {Ophioglosstwi vulgatum) to 

 be found finer or in greater abundance. This is a digression, 

 but may, however, serve to give some notion of the botanical 

 features of the nieadow in which grows Galiiwi crcctum. 



