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Ci laevigata. Smith. — By the Slade, Glanasmole, at i,ioo feet, 1903 

 (W. H. Bloomer & N. C.)- — This is the highest station so far recorded 

 for this sedge iu Ireland. 



Hordeum sccallnum, Schreber. — Sparingly by the Ward river at 

 Brack enstown, 1903. This is a very rare grass in the county, unless 

 it has been overlooked, which seems unlikely. The only other recent 

 record is that by Mr. R. M. Barrington in the second edition of 

 Cybele Hibernica for Broad Meadows, near Swords, where he found it 

 in abundance in 1891. 



The publication of these notes on the Dublin flora offers a 

 convenient opportunity of drawing attention to some doubtful 

 records, chiefly referring to species not unlikely to occur in 

 the count}^, although the evidence for their occurrence seems 

 at present insufiScient. These species, with the evidence in 

 favour of their inclusion in the county flora, are set out below 

 in the hope that some reader of this paper may be in a position 

 to supply me with further evidence either for or against their 

 inclusion. Hitherto, I have failed myself to find any of them 

 in the county, or to get any definite record for them from those 

 best acquainted with the Dublin flora. In the following list 

 6"?//^^ means the Catalogue of the Plants of Dubli^i and Wicklow 

 published in the British Association Guide of 1878. 



Nymphaea alba, L. — Royal Canal, etc., rare : Guide. 



Stellar la palustrls, Petz. — In Curragha Bog, County Dublin : Wade 



Kar. Wet slopes of the Dublin mountains (7I/£'^;-(?) : Cyb. 

 Wlyrlophyllunn alternlflorum, DG. — Frequent in boggy places iu 



Dublin and Wicklow : Guide. 

 Cnlcus pratensls, Willd. — Onabog nearKilliney Bay, 1814: Templeton 



MS. Above Marlay : Ir. Flor. This species undoubtedly occurs in 



Wicklow a short distance from the Dublin boundary. 

 Wlyrlca Gale, L.— In mountainous and boggy situations, Dublin and 



Wicklow, local : Guide. Certainly occurs in Wicklow. 

 Populus tremula, L.— Kelly's Glen : Flor. Hib. Dublin and Wicklow ; 



rocks and mountains, rather rare : Guide. 

 Rhynchospora alba, Vahl.—Dublin and Wicklow : not unfrequent : 



Guide. Dublin Mountains, not common : Flor. Howth, App. 

 Carex stricta, Good. — In the Bog of Curragha : Wade Rar. Dublin, by 



the side of the Royal Canal, &c. : Gidde. Wade's record, if it really 



belongs to Co. Dublin, is of little weight. I cannot discover the 



authority for the Royal Canal record, 

 C, curta, Good.— Curragha Bog, Co. Dublin: Wade Rar. Foot of 



the Three Rock mountain above Marlay : Ir. Flor. This species 



certainly occurs in Wicklow. 



