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of Inistioge) flows through a hniestone valley with a rich 

 calcicole flora, at that point })asses into Old Red Sandstone 

 and then Silurian rocks, which at Inistioge are succeeded 

 b}^ niica schist with granite on the higher grounds : through 

 these rocks the ri\'er lias cut a beautiful richly wooded 

 gorge. 



Ranunculus Lingua L. — By the Nore a mile below Inistioge. 



Sisymbrium Thalianum j. Cray. — About Inistioge. 



Linum angustifolium Huds. — Gravel pit below Inistioge. 



Vicia angustifolia Roth. — In several stations. 



Prunus Padus L. — Wood near Inistioge. New to Co. Kilkenny. 



Sedum spp. — No native species of Seduni was seen in the district, but 

 naturalized species eire unusually abundant ; 5. album occurs in 

 many places, and vS". rupestrc, S. sexangulare and 5. spuriunt were 

 also seen growing " wild." 



Centranthus ruber DC. — Abundant, and almost entirely in the hand.some 

 crimson form. In gravel-pits as well as on rocks and walls. 



Primula officinalis J acq. — Unusually abundant for a district where 

 limestone is absent. 



* Polygonum Bistorta L. — By the river below Inistioge bridge. New to 

 Co. Kilkenny. 



Colchicum autumnale L. — So far as my observations go, this local plant 

 has a very defined habitat. It haunts flat damp meadows by the 

 river, but above the limits of floods. The wetter meadows, with 

 Caltha and Iris, are devoid of it, as are the drier pastures which rise 

 from the river-flat. 



Polypodium vulgare L. — The prevailing plant is the broad-leaved form 

 (up to 8 inches across the frond) Avith slightly serrated lobes which 

 one rather associates with limestone areas. 



Lastrea spinulosa Presl. — Sparingly on Mount Alto, i^ miles south of 

 Inistioge, at 700 feet elevation. Second Kilkenny record. 



Osmunda regalis L. — Many fine plants by a stream on Brandon Hill. 

 I had previously (in 1898) found a few plants on another part of 

 this mountain. 



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