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June, 1808." There is also attached to it the following note by Mr. 

 Colgaii (1894):— "There can be little doubt this specimen was gathered 

 and labelled by Dr. Robert Scott, Professor of Botany in Trinity College, 

 Dublin, 1804 (1800?) to 1S08." It is probably the plaut recorded in 

 Mackay's Catalogue, 1825, sub A. carinatum as found " in a field on the 

 right-hand side of the Royal Canal, &c, where it was pointed out to me 

 by the late Dr. Scott." In Mackay's Catalogue the mistake is made of 

 confusing this species with A. carinatum, and in his flora Mr. Colgan, 

 who must have quite forgotten the authentic specimen examined by 

 him in the herbarium, relegates it, under its erroneous name, to the 

 appendix, where, after quoting the note in Mackay's Catalogue, he 

 remarks, " a relic of cultivation or an error in naming." Thus a trust- 

 worthy record by an error in placing has come to be overlooked. It is 

 conceivable that it may yet be rediscovered in the station mentioned by 

 Dr. Scott, and possibly search might reveal it in ether stations in the 

 vicinity, presumably about Chapelizod. In a note on the subject to 

 Miss Knowles, I ventured the suggestion to account for its being over- 

 looked in such a prominent position at Lucan, that it was probably to be 

 explained by assuming that in previous years the grass here had been 

 mown before the Allium had advanced far enough to attract attention, 

 and what led to this suggestion was that on a visit there shortly after, 

 wards I failed to identify the spot, as the grass had in the meantime 

 been cut. I may further remark that Miss Knowles, on the excursion 

 alluded to, saw the plant, and under the conditions described above. It 

 is not a species that could be suspected of introduction from commercial 

 sources, as it is entirely devoid of any claim to beauty, nor am I aware 

 that it has any economic value. 



W. B. Bruce. 

 Dublin. 



In the course of a short ramble through Lucan demesne late last June 

 I found about thirty specimens of Allium Scorodoprasum growing by the 

 river about half a mile from the entrance gates. The plant is probably 

 not native there, but its occurrence is worthy of record, as its other 

 known Irish stations are all in the extreme south. Not far from it I 

 gathered Hypericum hirsulum and Poa nemoralis. 



R. A. Philips. 



Cork. 



Vicia Orobus in Co. Antrim. 



Till lately, the only northern station for the Bitter Vetch, Vicia Orobus, 

 was Sallagh Braes, Co. Antrim, where Mr. S. A. Stewart discovered it 

 thirty-four years ago. He only met with one plant, which was again 

 seen in healthy condition nine years later. It was reserved for Mr. C. J. 

 Lilly to announce last year (see Irish Naturalist, pp. 267-26S) its discovery 

 by him in three new stations, the central one— Lower Ballygowan Hill — 



