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Splranthcs romanzoviana, Cham. N. 



On a wet workcd-out bog in the northern portion of the county. 

 R. LI. P. I have already {Journal of Botany, 1892, p. 272) published 

 the facts relatini^ to the discovery of this extremely rare plant in 

 Co. Armagh. Previously known in the Old World only in the 

 widely separated stations of Co. Cork in Europe, and Kamtschatka 

 in Asia, a habitat in the north of Ireland has now been added, and 

 it is with perhaps pardonable pride that I am able to enumerate 

 it, and Carex 7-hynchophysa as the results of my exploration, made 

 on behalf of the "Irish Naturalist," of the flora of Co. Armagh, 

 I think it better not to publish the exact locality, lest the plant 

 should suffer, at the hands of over-enthusiastic collectors, the 

 penalt}' of its rarity. 



Epipactis latifolia, All. N. M. — 



Castle Dillon, W. F. J. spec. ! Ardmore glebe, H. W. L. spec. ! 



Abundant in Tanderagee upper and lower demesnes, and at Gosford 



Castle : also seen at Clare, and Tynan Abbey, R. LI. P. Mr. More's 



doubtful note (N. H. R.), no doubt refers to E. latifolia. 



lYIalaxis paludosa, Sw. N. 



Moyntaghs bogs (Hyndman), Flor. Ulst. There is plenty of likely 

 ground on the northern bogs, where I looked for this little orchid, 

 but without success, R. LI. P. 



X Iris fOBtidissima, Linn. N. 



County Armagh (G. R.), Flor. Ulst. Near Tartaraghan, S. A. S. 

 Hedgebank in Armagh Palace demesne, R. LI. P. 



Sagrittaria sag^ittifolla, Linn. N. M. 



In the Bann near Portadown, Mackay Rar.\ Moyntaghs bog 

 (Hyndman), Flor. Ulst.\ Maghery, W. F. J. spec! Closet River 

 andScarva, H.W.L.! Newry Canal,S.A.S.! Abundant in sheltered 

 places along the Lough Neagh shore, and in the Blackwater, Ulster 

 Canal, Bann, and Lagan Canal as far south as Goraghwood, R. LI. P. 



Butomus umbellatus, Linn. N. M. — 



In the Blackwater near Maghery (G. R.), and in the canal 

 near Tanderagee, and upper Bann (Jones), Cyb. Hib. Ulster Canal 

 between Moy and Benburb, B. N. F. C, 1S80. Maghery, W. F. J. 

 spec. ! Montiaghs bogs, H. W. L. spec. ! The distribution of this 

 plant is exactly the same as that of the last species. I found it 

 abundantly along the Lough Neagh shores and in the waterways 

 which connect with it; it is absent from the other lakes and 

 streams of the county, R. LI. P. 



Triglochin maritimum, Linn. S. 



Estuary of Newry River, common, R. LI. P. 



(Colchlcum autumn ate, Linn. [N.] 



"The Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron, grows on the borders of 

 the Blackwater and the Callan, and is highly ornamental . . 

 the flowers are of a variety of shades, of red, yellow, white, and 

 purple; it grows in low meadows," Cootes Armagh. Probably an 

 escape from cultivation ; not seen by R. LI. P. 



Juncus marltiiYius, Smith. S. 



Brackish places below Newry, R. LI. P. 



J. g^laucus, Sibth. N. 



Very abundant throughout the limestone area ; quite absent from 

 the rest of the county, R. LI. P. So sharply is its distribution 

 defined, that one could almost determine the boundaries of the 

 limestone district by observing the presence or absence of this rush. 



J. gerardi, Lois. S. 



Abundantly by the estuary of the Newry river, R. LI. P. 



(TO BE CONCI^UDED.) C* 



