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Cybdc. The name would be on old maps probablj-. It is not on 

 any maps I have. The plant extends up the stream from the 

 shooting-box of the Persse family (of Roxboro'). known as Chevy 

 Chase, into these hills. 

 8. E. amygdaloides, L.— At Glenalla, Co. Donegal. The twenty years 

 may now be called forty. It should not be excluded from XI. It 

 is extremely unlikel}- it was intentionally introduced, or intro- 

 duced at all. 



E. Paralias, L.— Onh' one localit}-, very sparing!}-, in Donegal, 

 E. fortlandica is much more western in Donegal, occurring 

 frequently right round from Malin Head to Bnndoran. It will 

 snrely be found in Sligo, or somewhere between Bundoran and 

 the Aran Islands. The distribution of these two plants is ver}^ 

 odd, and might be paralleled by that of the two Statices on the 

 Irish coasts, 



E. exig°ua, L.— Apparently absent from the West of Ireland, Only 

 occurs in the eastern half of Donesjal, and is verv rare, 



Parietaria officinalis, L. — Ver}- rare in or absent from the 

 north-west. Not seen west of Derry by me in Donegal. 



Salix phylicifolia, L.— None of the north-east records have been 

 verified for many years. TLe same remark applies to 5. w/^r/V^wj-, 

 It is impossible to help feeling sceptical, or at any rate dis- 

 appointed. I believe the recorded localities have been carefully 

 searched. I spent more than one day in the Roe above 

 Dungiven. I have also doubts about " Urris Mountains, Donegal, 

 C. Moore," It is so vague as to be useless, covering many miles of 

 country (in Inishowen), but none that is likely to harbour Salix 

 nigricans^ and I have been botanizing over that country for over 

 twenty years. The only evidence I have of this plant in Donegal 

 is from a supposed nigricans x caprea from Ardara, {teste Mr, 

 Bennett), 



S, lYloorci, H. C. Watson, (5. herbacea X nigricans ?)— This must be 

 extremely rare on the top of Muckish, which is a plateau that 

 occupies perhaps a square mile. It is such an inviting place to 

 imagine finds of alpine /unci, or Fttbiis Chamamorus, as well as this 

 willow, that I have frequently gone over it extensively on my 

 knees, without success, 



Empctrum nigrum, L, — "Rare at low levels" (!) Cybde. — It 

 descends to sea-level all round Donegal ; in Acliill, Mayo, and 

 elsewhere in the west. In the east strictly a mountain plant, 



Juniperus nana, Willd,— Near Lake Nalacken, Brandon, Kerry, at 

 about 1,650 i&at {Plants 0/ some Mountain Ranges, etc., 1884), 



Eplpactls latifolia, L,— Very rare in Dublin, Howth, 1897 

 {/otcrnal of Bot.) Specimens in Nat. Museum, Dublin, Roadside 

 between Galvvay and Oughterard, 1883, (MS, to Mr, Colgan), 

 VIII. 



Ophrys aplfera, L,— See Flora of Howth. Well known on Howth, 

 and appears fairly regular in one or two places. Very rare in 

 Dublin, V. 



