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going down to Onieath, if 1 wouUl look on Carlingford .Mountain for 7'. 

 calcarcum, as it had been found there by some gentkinen from Rostrcvor, 

 and he could not understand its presence there. I was, of course, able 

 to explain the matter, and I write this note to let it be known, thr'ouKh 

 the medium of the Irish NaturalisL, that /'. calcarcum, if found on Carling- 

 ford Mountain, is not indigenous. — W. V. Johnson, Armagh. 



P//A N£ J^ GAA/S. 



Plants Still Flowering in IVlid-Novembcr.—OnNovember 13th, 



Dr. Scharff and I went for a ramble along the Upper Dodder, between 

 Tallaght and Fort Bridge, ;through the Ballinascorney Ciap, and across 

 Mount Seskin to " Embankment." We found quite a surprising number 

 of species still in flower at that very advanced time of year, long after 

 the end of the ordinary flowering-period. The following is the list : — 

 Ranunculus bulbosus, H. Jlammula, licscda luteola, Barharca vulgaris, Nasturliuui 

 officinale, Capsclla bursa-jMstoris, Sisymbrium officinale, Brassica nigra, Carda- 

 mine hirsuta, Polygala vulgaris (purple flowers), Arenaria scrjyylUfulia, Cer- 

 astium semiclecandrum, Rubus fruticosus, Putcntilla reptans, Alchcmilla vulgaris, 

 Ulex europmus, Trifoliuni procumbcns, T. minus, T. pratcnsc, Fimpinella saxi- 

 fraga, Daucus carota. Geranium robertianum, Sherardia arveiisis, Varduus Ian- 

 ceo/atus, G. palustris, Matricaria inodo7'a, Hieracium sp., Achilkca millefolium, 

 Bellis perennis, Scnecio jacoboea, S. vulgaris, Gentaurea nigra, Erigcron acre (ex- 

 tremely abundant), Lapsana communis, Sonchus oleraceus, Jasionc montaiui, 

 Chloraperfoliata, Origanum vulgare,Lamiumalbum, Teucriumscorodonia, Veronica 

 chamcedrys, V. montana, Erica cinerca, Anagallis arvensis, Myosotis versicolor. 

 The continuance in flower of such a strikingly large number of species 

 is really a fact of much interest, and a striking commentary on the 

 character of our climate. — B. J. M'\Ve:e;ne:y, Dublin. 



Allium scorodoprasum, L. in Co. Cork. — As this is one of the 

 rarest of Irish plants, and hitherto recorded only from Killarney and 

 Foaty ("Cybele Hibernica "), it may be w^orth noting that in the summer 

 of 1890 1 found it plentiful in the woods at Castlefreke, Rosscarber}-, and 

 again this year whilst botanising with the Cork Naturalists' Field Club 

 on ist August, it formed the "find" of the day, growingin great profusion 

 in the woods near Bantry.— R. A. PHII.1.IPS, Ashburton, Cork. 



Orobanche minor, L. in Co. Cork. — This plant is recorded in 

 "Cybele Hibernica" as an introduced plant in two stations rather close 

 together, i.e., Aghada and Trabolgan. From observations made during 

 the last few years, I am inclined to think that, though it may not be 

 entitled to rank as a native plant, it certainly deserves a place among the 

 established species. It occurs in many widely-separated districts in this 

 county, plentiful in some, and scarce in others. In the district around 

 Clonakilty it seems to be most abundant, occurring not alone in recently- 

 cultivated clover fields, but almost as plentifully in pastures which have 

 not been ploughed for many years. It also occurs in old pastures near 

 Bastferry, Midleton, and at Youghal. Last year it was most luxuriant in 

 a newly-planted field of Trifolium p)ratense near Cork, but although the 

 clover had not been disturbed, the Orobanche did not appear this year.— 

 R. A. PHII.1.IPS. 



White Centaury (Erythraea centaurium). As noticed in the 

 Irish Naturalist (vol. i., p. 168), this is rather an uncommon plant, but nu- 

 merous specimens may be found on the headland of Currabenny, Cork 

 Harbour, along with that beautiful little plant the ISIilkwort {Polygala 

 vulgaris), which grows here in great abundance in July and August.— A. N. 

 Abbott, Cork. 



I believe white Centaury is local rather than rare. There is a small 

 mill-stream at Ballyhyland, along the lower part of whose l)anks all the 

 Centaury is white, while that which grows in the field above is of the usual 

 pink. Not far away are some dry, stony fields, m which both pmk 



