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records of plants obtained by members in the county during 

 the excursions of that society ; an appendix to the Report of 

 1885-6, ''The Ferns of Ulster" by Mr. W. H. Phillips and 

 the writer supplies a number of stations for the rarer Filices. 

 So far as I am aware, this completes the enumeration of the 

 published records of Armagh plants. 



Of unpublished material, a considerable amount has been 

 forthcoming, and I am deeply indebted to several good friends 

 for their hearty co-operation and willing assistance. Mr. 

 A. G. More and Mr. S. A. Stewart have, with their usual 

 kindness, helped me considerably with notes and advice. To 

 Rev. H. W. I,ett, M.A., and Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., my 

 best thanks are due for kindly placing at my disposal their 

 herbaria of Armagh plants. The former collection was made 

 principally about Ardmore Point, on lyOUgh Neagh, between 

 1865 to 1885, the latter in the neighbourhood of Armagh 

 during 1880; from both collections a large number of valuable 

 records were obtained. Mr. I^ett also assisted me by forward- 

 ing a bundle of fresh Rubi, collected in the parish of Bally- 

 more or Tanderagee, and Mr. Johnson by sending up several 

 gatherings of Carices. Rev. Geo. Robinson kindly supplied 

 me with some additional notes ; the herbarium of the Belfast 

 Natural History and Philosophical Society yielded one or two 

 Armagh stations, and my own note-book from 1881 to 1892 

 added a few notes of plants observed in various parts of the 

 county during that period. To the above material, which 

 would in itself have formed a very respectable local list, I 

 have been able to add largely by my recent observations. 



The flora of Co. Armagh, leaving out of account such plants 

 as have no claim to be considered native, and those which, 

 though recorded from the county, do not appear to now exist 

 in their former habitats, numbers 615 species and 20 varieties. 

 The total species enumerated in the present paper is 665, made 

 up as follows: — indigenous plants, 593 ; possibly introduced, 12 : 

 probably introduced, 10; certainly introduced, 40; recorded 

 from the county, but not now to be found, 10; total, 665. 

 There is a poverty of maritime and of mountain plants. The 

 former is to be expected. As regards the latter, although 

 Slieve GuUion overtops any of the Antrim hills, the hard and 

 sterile nature of the primary basalt of which it is composed, 

 so different from the rich friable basalts of Antrim, and the 



