The Flora of County Arnnn^Ii. le 



absence of projecting rocks and cliffs, sulficicntly account for 

 their absence. I did not find a single llawkweed (except- 

 ing, of course, the ubiquitous //. pilosclla) cm the Armagh 

 mountains, while at least fifteen different forms flourish on 

 the adjoining granite hills of Down. Comparing the Armagh 

 flora with that of the counties comprising district 12, we find 

 that the flora of Down numbers about 710 species, Antrim, 

 750, Derry, 670. The flora of Donegal, I am informed by 

 Mr. H. C. Hart, comprises about 720 species. All these 

 counties possess a fair share of mountain plants, and have a 

 wide extent of both rocky and sandy seashore, inhabited by 

 many species which affect such situations. The area of each 

 of the north-eastern counties is from one and a-half times 

 to twice the area of Armagh, and Donegal is nearly four times 

 as large, so that when the small size of the county is taken 

 into consideration, the flora of Armagh is decidedly a rich one. 

 The adjoining western counties cannot enter into this com- 

 parison, their floras being so little known, except perhaps, 

 Fermanagh, to which the combined lists of Stewart,' Barring- 

 ton," and the writer assign a flora of some 450 species ; here 

 mountain plants are rare, and maritime species absent. 



Of Mr. Watson's Atlantic type, Co. Armagh possesses only 

 five out of forty-one Irish species— 5t'^^^?;^ anglictim, Cotyledon 

 umbilicus, Pinguicula lusitafiica, Lastrea cemula, Hymenophylluni 

 tunbridgense. Out of eighteen Irish Germanic plants, one 

 only, Orchis pyramidalis, grows in the county. Equally poor 

 is the alpine flora, only four of the forty-seven Irish plants of 

 Highland type occurring— (?^/^^^;;^ boreale, Vaccinitun I'itis- 

 idcea, Selagi^iella spinosa, and Isoetes lacustris, and none of these 

 are confined to alpine situations in the county, Galium grow- 

 ing on the shores of I,ough Neagh (50 feet elevation), Vacciniiun 

 being recorded from the northern bogs (under 100 feet), Isoetes 

 ranging from 286 to 444 feet, and Sclaginella growing from 

 700 feet upwards. 



(TO BE CONTINUED.) 



Another Irish Field Clutt. "Thecryisstillthey come." Limenck 

 has followed the excellent example of Cork, and we coiiKratulate our 

 friends most heartily on the successful formation of a Naturalists ImcI. I 

 Club in that city. Limerick is the centre of a highly mterestniK district, 

 which can still bear with advanta-e much ^eyeful investigati^on and nsx 

 have no doubt that the new Club will soon make its influence felt in Irish 



scientific circles. 



1 Ci?. dt. * 0:p. dt. ^ Irish Naturalist, 1892, p. 113- 



