228 BOTANICAL NOTES ALONG THE RIVERS NORE, BLACKWATER, ETC. 



Hab. South-western District ; Zee Koe Valley, March, 1794, 

 Masson ! 



9. G. latifolia Masson MSS. (Tab. 259, fig. 1, reduced one-half). 

 — Bulb globose, ^ in. diam., with a cylindrical neck 8-9 in. long. 

 Leaves 10-12, spreading, lorate, twisted, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, 

 ^ in. broad. Perianth-tube stout, 2-3 in. long; segments pinkish, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long, ^ in. broad. Stamens about 20, 

 all distinct, l-^ in. long; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers. 



Hab. South-western District, Meerhof's Casteel, Sept. 1793. 

 Hort. Masson, fl. Feb. 1794. Described from Masson's drawing. 



BOTANICAL NOTES ALONG THE RIVERS NORE, 

 BLACKWATER, &c. 



By Henry Chichester Hart. 



The River Nore rises on the northern flanks of the Devil's-bit 

 range of mountains in the north-east of Tipperary. Flowing 

 north of east to near the middle of the Queen's County, it then 

 turns south and makes its way through the County Kilkenny to 

 meet the Barrow near New Ross. The union of the two rivers 

 forms the northern arm of the Waterford Estuary. 



On the 5th July, 1884, my friend and I left Templemore, and 

 came on the Nore at the base of the hills in which it takes its 

 source. For the first few miles no plant of rarity was gathered. 

 Bee Orchis was in flower in two or three places, and several gay 

 species decorated the hedges and river banks of this rather un- 

 interesting country. These were chiefly Hijpericum Androstpinum, 

 Viburnum Opulus, Eupatorium cannahinum, and Orchis pyramidalis. 

 Elder and twayblade [Sambiicics nigra, Listera ovata), are also 

 abundant species. Juncus glaucus not infrequent. 



The river here flows over an ancient oak-forest, its bed being 

 full of contorted arms, stems, and roots, in situ ; these lie beneath 

 thick beds of turf, through which the water has cut its channel. 

 Ere long the turf disappears, and we come on rich soil lying on 

 rounded glacial gravel deposit, on which the river-bed now lies. 

 Great beds of Fotamogeton natans usurp the stream, and labourers 

 with scythes are at work mowing the pond-weed beneath the 

 water. For a considerable space they have to do this annually. 

 The fall of the river is so slight that any impediment to the stream 

 produces stoppages and a flood. 



Near Borris-in-Ossory,.:I^-ia7-^ia hispida, Thrincia hirta, Tragopogon 

 pratensis are common in meadows by the stream. Salix pevtandra, 

 a questionable native, is not infrequent, and a little farther very 

 large moonwort, Botrgchum Lunaria, nearly a foot in height, with 

 Lgsimachia rulgaris, were noted. On our first night we obtained 

 beds at Mountrath. Below Mountrath (Enanthe Fhellandrium 

 sparingly, and the rare Nasturtium sylvestre, were the most 



