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C. binerviSr Sm.— Edge of L. Drin, not common. 

 C. f ulva, Good., var. Hornschuchiana, Hoppe.— Knock Drin and 

 Drinmore, not uncommon. 



C. CEcieri, Khrh.— (VII.) Shores of L. Ennel. 



C. filiformis, L.— " Scraw bog," Loughanstown, very plentiful 

 locally. 



C. paludosa, Good. — Shores of Iy. Derevaragh, and Ouarry Bog. 

 C. vesicaria, L.— Near Athlone, B. & V. 



Phalarisarundinacea,Iy.— Knock Drin, abundant ! not previously 

 definitely reported from the county, though mentioned as common near 

 L. ReebyB. & V. 



} Kilmaglish ! Drinmore ! Both 

 Alopecurus penicillatus, L. — / are reported as common near 



\ Iv. Ree ; but neither have been 



A. pratensis, Iy. — I before definitely recorded from 



J the Co. Westmeath. 



Milium effusum, L.— (VII.) Knock Ross with Festuca sylvatica, rare. 



Phleum pratense, h. — Knock Drin, and generally plentiful ; but 

 not before recorded from the county. 



Deschampsia flexuosa, Trin. — (VII.) Quarry, Knock Drin. 



Holcus mollis, L. — Woods and edge of Brittas L., Knock Drin ! not 

 uncommon near L. Ree, B. & V. ; not definitely reported before from 

 this count)'. 



Trisetum flavescens, Beauv. — Knock Drin — same remarks as 

 above. 



Avena pubescens, Huds. — Plentiful ; but not noted in the Cyb. Hyb. 

 as from this county. 



*A. strigx>sa, Schreb.— (VII.) Knock Drin, in cultivated fields. 

 Arrhenatherum avenaccum, Beauv., and var. nodosum, 

 Reichb. — Knock Drin. The variety is perhaps the more common of the 

 two. 



Sieglingia decumbens, Beruh. — Driumore, not common. 

 Catabrosa aquatica, Beauv. — Drinmore, in ditches ! frequent near 

 L. Ree, B. & V., but not before definitely reported from Westmeath. 



IYIelica uniflora, Retz. — Knock Ross and Knock Eyon, locally 

 plentiful ; not previously reported from this county. 



Poa nemoralis, L. — (VII.) Tops of old walls at Knock Drin, 

 thoroughly established, if not indigenous. 



Clyceria aquatica, Sm.— Canal at Mullingar. 



Festuca rig-ida, Kunth.— (VII.) Killynon, Edmonton, and near 

 Mullingar. 



F. sciuroides, Roth.— Knock Ross and Knock Drin; not before 

 reported from Westmeath. 



F. sylvatica, Vill.— (VII.) Knock Ross, rare. 



F. arundinacea, Schreb.— Knock Drin, not before reported from 

 Westmeath. 



F. elatior, L. var. loliacea, Huds.— Knock Ross. In this locality I 

 found two forms — awned and unawned— which were submitted to the 

 Watson Botanical Exchange Club. Both are alluded to in the report 

 for 1892-93 ; the awned form is there called "forma aristata" on Hackel's 

 authority— fide A. Bennett. 



tBromus erectus, Huds.— (VII.) Knock Drin, in meadows, probably 

 introduced with grass seed. 



B. sterilis, I,.— Athlone, Miss Levinge. B. & V. refer this to Dist. 7 

 in their paper on the plants of the shores of Iy. Ree, but do not state 

 from what county it was obtained. 



