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Maigue and Bunratty River" (3i-8-'oo). " I went on Tuesday 

 to Cratloe Creek on the Shannon (Clare side), but did not find 

 Scirpus triqucter \n the main river; there was one clump in 

 the Creek . . On Wednesday I went to Newtown, which is 

 opposite Cratloe on the lyimerick shore. There I could not 

 find kS. triqueter at all. You will understand that the river is 

 very difficult to reach either by land or water, so that no 

 thorough search is possible ; but I think you may take it that 

 abundant growth of the plant ceases at Coonagh lower light, 

 and the point opposite where the river widens — that is, it is in 

 Tervoe reach and no further" (y-g-'oo.) It is impossible to 

 refuse the plant a place in the indigenous list, and the finder 

 is to be congratulated on making one of the most interesting 

 additions of recent years to the Irish flora. We gathered good 

 specimens of it, and growing hard by I was much pleased to 

 find Nasturtiimi sylvestre again. 



Thence to waste ground adjoining the docks, where Mr. 



O'Brien had an interesting lot of colonists to show, among 



which Lepidiiivi latifolium andZ. Draba were well established, 



and, according to him, spreading. Then across Carey's 



Road to a large disused quarry, now being filled up with 



rubbish, where a truly remarkable assemblage of aliens was to 



be seen. There were all kinds of plants here: — half-native 



plants which hang about towns and waste ground, such as 



Brassica nigra^ Lepidiiim latifolium, A^epeta Cataria, Cheyio- 



podium murale ; colonists like Lcpidium Draba and Melilotus 



arvensis^ Wallr. ; confirmed casuals, such as Saponaria 



Vaccaria, Malva parvi flora, Melilotus alba, M. pay vi flora, 



Medicago falcata, Ceyitaitrea solstitialis, Caiinabis saliva ; 



English plants which do not extend to Ireland, such as 



Lythrum hyssopifolia, Centaurca Calcitrapa, Lactuca virosa, and 



Polypogon vi07ispeliensis ; plants of Southern Europe, like 



Nasturtium austriaciwi, Lepidium virgiiiicum, Gren. et Godr. 



{ = L. majus, Darracq), Polyg07iuvi Bellardi, Aspkodehis 



fistulosus (the second a very rare plant, growing only at 



Bayonne) ; North American species, such as Ambivsia 



artemisicefolia and the lovely grass Paiiicum capillare ; and 



garden outcasts of various sorts, down to vegetable marrows 



and Virginian creepers.^ 



^ My best thauks are due to Mr. K. G. Baker, of the British Museum, for 

 kind assistance in naming these foreign plants. 



