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from two inland stations on the hills at the back of Ardanoir. 

 In all of these it looks as native as the plants amongst which 

 it is growing. Mr. Phillips has collected it at another spot 

 in the barony. The only previously known localities for this 

 rose, in Ireland, are in the neighbourhood of Cork. The re- 

 cord in the " Flora of Cork " is " Hedges at Evergreen, Mr. J. 

 Drummond ; Many places about Cork, rather common." In 

 " Cybele Hibernica," Ed. I., there is the additional record 

 "On rocks at Myrtle Hill, near Cork ! perhaps planted, I. C." 

 " Cybele " 2nd Edition says of these localities " No doubt 

 planted," " Perhaps semi-naturalized about Cork." It is diffi- 

 cult to see why this rose should have been planted. To the 

 uninitiated it looks just like any other ordinary Dog Rose ; 

 there is nothing remarkable about the flower, and it has noth- 

 ing exceptional in the way of perfume or anything else to re- 

 commend it to gardeners. Whether it is native in the barony 

 of Shanid we cannot say, but it has all the appearance of a 

 native plant ; and but for the remarks in "Cybele" 2nd Ed. 

 we would never have thought of questioning the matter. It 

 may be that it is a not uncommon species, which from its 

 general resemblance to Rosa arve?isis has been overlooked 

 hitherto. It is worth noting that while Rosa arvensis is most 

 abundant on the limestone, all the localities for Rosa styiosa 

 are on the shales and grits. At Tarbet, the limit of our 

 boundary, there is a stretch of somewhat sandy shore running 

 out into a point. On this, the nearest point to the sea, we 

 looked for some of the more essentially maritime plants. Of 

 these, Carex arenaria, Psamma arenaria^ Triticumjtinceum i 2M& 

 Cakile viariiima are the only four of the universal seaside 

 plants that we have not found at some point along the 

 shore. 



We have not been able to give the inland country an ex- 

 haustive search, and much of it is still unexplored. Though 

 the district is a populous one, there are few villages, and no 

 accommodation to be had in those there are. Even at Athea 

 we could not get a bed. All our excursions, therefore, were 

 made from Foynes or from Cahirmoyle, and this necessitated 

 such long days and so much driving that we could do little 

 more than take a general survey. The natural division of the 



