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who investigated the botany of the co. Down, in his " Antient and 

 Present State of the co. Down," published in 1743, enumerates the 

 plant in his catalogue, and at p. 180 states that it occurs on rubbish 

 at the old cathedral, Downpatrick. The " Crosswort " was redis- 

 covered by Dr. Hodges and Mr. F. Whitla ; from the former gentle- 

 man Mr. William Thompson received specimens in flower, now in the 

 herbarium of the Belfast Museum, and concerning which, in a letter 

 dated June 21, 1842, Dr. Hodges writes, — " Galium cruclatiivi is 

 found in only two situations in this neighbourhood ; at the bottom 

 of a field adjoining the marshes near the cathedral, and on the sides 

 of the old rath, where I discovered it about five years ago." {Vide 

 Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. ix. p. 519, 1842.) Mr. F. Whitla 

 (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. x. p. 75, 1842) points out that Harris 

 gives the identical habitat where Dr. Hodges found it, and " where 1 

 have annually for many years observed it growing." I became ac- 

 quainted with the above facts only after the publication of the ' Cybele 

 Hibernica,' but communicated them in a paper read before the Belfast 

 Field Naturalists' Club, 21st of March, 1867, since which date in- 

 disputable evid;Mice has been obtained of the continuance of G. cm- 

 ciatiim, in the same locality, substantially identical with that of Dr. 

 Hodges, and on the spot which it has occupied, certainly since 

 1743. This second rediscovery we owe to Miss Mulgan, who col- 

 lected it in the summer of 1868, "in fields close to Downpatrick 

 Cathedral." 



Melilotus arvensis. — This was collected by me in the summer of 

 1869 on the railway embankments between Kilroot and Whitehead, 

 and between Glynn and Larne, co. Antrim; the two stations distant 

 about six or seven miles from each other. Miss MafiFett collected 

 apparently this species near Donnghadee, co. Down, but now there 

 can be no doubt of the occurrence of the species in district 12. 



Lotus corniculatii'i, var. tennis. — Collected by Mr. S. A. Stewart 

 near Glynn, in the summer of 18G9 ; hitherto known only near 

 Dublin. 



Sedum rejleximi and S. dasypliyllnm. — Growing in company on rocks 

 in Glenarift' Glen, co. Antrim, he proprietor Thad no knowledge of 

 the plants having been planted, and if either species can be ranked as 

 native, they certainly seem perfectly wild in this station. 



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