14 THE BOTANY OF THE BAKROW. 



graria, Ribes Grossularia, Saponaria officinalis, Lychnis vesj)ertina, 

 Knautia arvensis, Orifjcinuni vtih/are, and BromuH cownutatus again. 

 I found clean and comfortable accommodation at the inn at Mount- 

 mellick. 



On Thursday the 22nd June I drove to the eastern base of 

 Clarnahinch Mountains, in the Slieve Blooms, and, having crossed 

 the famous ridge of Capard, descended to the west at the head of 

 Glenbarrow, where the river takes its rise. I crossed this sandstone 

 ridge at about IGOO feet, and the mountain and upland plants 

 noted were Habenaria cldoruntha, Equisetum sylvaticum, Juncus 

 squarrosus, Carcx binervis, Nartlieciimi Ossifragum, Kmpetrum nigrum, 

 Scirpus cicspitosns ; and, by the source of river, Antennaria dioica. A 

 little down I met with Pyrm Aucuparia, Lycopodium Selago, Teucrium 

 Scorodonia, Ajuga repens, Saruthamnus scoparius, Hieracium Pilosella, 

 XJlex europaus, Carduus pratensis, Pinguicida vulgaris, and GratcBgus 

 Oxyacantha, all above 1000 feet above sea-level. At about this 

 height Draba verna and Betida vidgaris occurred by the river, and a 

 little lower Fragaria vesca and Aspidium aculeatum appeared also. 

 The upper limit of bracken [Pteris aqidlifia) was about 1051 feet, 

 and between that and 950 feet were noticed Viburnum Opulus, 

 Fraxinus excelsior, Epilobium montanuni , Corylus Avellana, Rosa tomen- 

 tosa, Bunium Jiexuosum, Allium ursinum, Centaurea nigra, Scilla 

 nutans. Orchis mascula, Qucrcus Robur, Carex ovalis, (J. fidva, and 

 Listera ovata. Between 950 and 800 feet I noted Briza media, Rubus 

 saxatilis, Asperxda odorata, Carlina vulgaris and Cystopteris fragilis. 



I have entered into some details here, as the subject of alti- 

 tudinal range has occupied my attention much, and several of 

 the above have not been recorded so high in Ireland elsewhere. 

 The characteristic plants of this part of the Barrow, which occu- 

 pies a wide stony bed between banks of sand and gravel, are 

 Aspidium aculeaUmi and Antennaria dioica, which occur in unusual 

 plenty. I was pleased to find also an abundant growth of 

 Cystopteris fragilis ; a single plant somewhere in Carlow was not 

 sufficient to entitle a fern to a place in the flora of District III. 

 From this headquarters, the station on the Barrow Bridge at 

 Monasterevan, which I subsequently verified, has been no doubt 

 derived. This latter is the only one for District V. A little lower 

 I met with Frigenm acris, Anthyllis Vidneraria, and Samolus Valerandi ; 

 and here I was fairly out of the mountains. Eqmsetum^ maximum, 

 Eupatorium cannabinum, Gymnadenia albida, and Carex pallescens 

 occurred on the right bank a little above Tiunehinch Bridge. Here 

 are wide gravel beds, which are frequently under water, and several 

 plants of interest occur, as EJqidsetiim. variegatum, Lycopodium selagi- 

 noides, Parnassia palustris, Ophrys apifera, Erythrcea Centaurium, 

 Chlora ■perfoliata, and Epipactis palustris. Past the bridge, Salix 

 repens, Carex hirta, Juncus glaucus, I^oa rigida, Festuca sciuroides, 

 Arenaria serpyllifolia, and Draba verna vary the ground, while 

 Carlina and Antennaria are still abundant on the limestone gravel. 

 The banks are enlivened along here by numbers of goldfinches ; it 

 was delightful to see this scarce and diminishing species so common. 

 Black-headed gulls also were of common occurrence. About a mile 



