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be surprised if the Marsh Helleborine yet turns up. By way 

 of consolatiou prize I got Leojitodoii hirtus in plenty from 

 Tillysburn to the targets on the Kinnegar ; it is very rare in 

 the north. Catabrosa aquaiica grew near the Kinnegar. This 

 sand-spit still yields some of the plants recorded from it of 

 old, such as Ge^itiana campestris and Scleraiithus, but Trigon- 

 ella was not seen. The north end of the Kinnegar is now much 

 altered and built over. 



The ancient district of Lecayll or Lecayle {Leath Cathail, 

 Cathal's Half), now represented by the baronies of Upper and 

 Lower Lecale, forms the south-eastern portion of County 

 Down, and may be roughly defined as bounded by a line pro- 

 longing and joining the depressions which form the estuary 

 of the Quoile and the Inner Bay of Dundrum ; the boundary 

 on the other three sides being the sea. Before the opening of 

 the Killough and Ardglass branch railway in 1892 this was a 

 district not easily accessible to botanists, and was the least 

 known part of the well-worked county of Down. But even 

 in 1888, the recording from this district in "Flora of the 

 North-east of Ireland" of such local rarieties as Erigervji acre 

 (only station in Ulster), Juncus obtusiflotus (only station in 

 District XII.), and Carlina vulgaris (only station in Down) 

 suggested that further work was required, and that this area 

 might yield other species which, like these, here reach or 

 approach their northern limit in eastern Ireland. 



Since the opening of the railway many botanists have 

 spent a day in this breezy country, and quite a number of 

 good plants have been found in the district : — Papaver hybri- 

 dtwi, Leo7itodo7i hirtus and Eleocha7'is tiniglumis by Mr. Davies ; 

 Erodiuvi moschatum and A triplex portulacoides by Mr. Hanna ; 

 Carlina vulgaris and Juncus obtusiflorus by Mr. Waddell ; 

 Crithmu7n maritimu77i by Mr. R. Welch ; and by myself 

 Papaver hybridiwi^ Bai'barea prcecox^ Agrii7i07iia odorata, Car- 

 Una vulgaris, Ca7duus cfispus, Vacci7iiu77i Oxycoccos, Cladiu77t 

 Mariscus (two stations), Carex liinosa^ C filifot7niSy C. ripafia, 

 Poa nenioralis, Festtua rigida. 



In the course of a week spent at Killough, I had an oppor- 

 tunity of examining this district in a more leisurely manner 

 than is afforded by a one-day trip. The surface being in 

 general highly tilled, attention was directed to the two kinds 



