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Wide detours are sometimes imperative ; but when one is tired it 

 is astonishing how much filthy wading will be endured in pre- 

 ference to a wide detour. My friend, however, retired far inland. 

 I foimd along here, in the order quoted, (Enanthe Lachenaid. 

 Scirpus maritimus (first symptom of saline growth), Carex pendula, 

 iilyceria aquatica, Carex riparia, Aster s-p. ? [A. lavis f), (Encmthe 

 Jistulosd, Apium graveolens, Hordeuin prutense (a very rare grass), to 

 Ballyueale. From Ballyneale onwards Lycopus europams, Dipsacus 

 sylrestre, Orobanche hedercv. were met with, and (Jlyceria, Campanula, 

 and Carex riparia occurred to below the junction of the Nore and 

 the Barrow. 



We arrived at New Eoss in the afternoon of July 9th. On the 

 following day we made use of the steamer to Waterford, and thence 

 by rail to Cappoquin for the Blackwater. The Nore had been a 

 decided disappointment compared with the Barrow. Both in 

 scenery and botany the more western river exhibits a falling off. 

 Bits of the Nore, as about Woodstock and Brown's Barn, are nearly 

 as good as Graignenamanagh or St. MuUins, on the BarroAV, but 

 there is far more monotony along the Nore. The decrease in the 

 rarer plants can easily be seen by referring to my paper on the 

 Barrow in the ' Journal of Botany ' for January, 1885. 



On the 11th of July we steamed down the Blackwater Estuary 

 from Cappoquin to Youghal. There is not a more lovely bit of 

 scenery than this in the British Isles. If the Blackwater yields 

 fewer rare plants than the other large Irish rivers, it can at any 

 rate boast that it has no rival in beauty. From Youghal to 

 Mallow is about seventy miles by the river, which we walked in 

 three days, and the whole distance almost lay from one well- 

 wooded gentleman's place to another. On the first day, Youghal 

 to Cappoquin, the waters are tidal, and we also came in for floods, 

 and had many difficulties to contend with. Hideous slimy chan- 

 nels, that could neither be swam, waded, nor jumped, often threw us 

 far astray. In the salt-marshes near Youghal Statics bahusiensis, 

 Carex vulpina, C. extensa, (Enanthe Lachenalli, Apinm, and other 

 commoner kinds occurred. Eqaisetum maximum may also be men- 

 tioned. Carex jmniculata, Scrophnlaria aquatica, Carex riparia, 

 Litliuspermum arvense, were the most interesting plants along 

 the left bank to Villierstown. Near Cappoquin Elodca canadensis 

 has established itself. 



On the following day (July 12) we kept the right bank up the 

 river to Lismore. Near Cappoquin Carex pendula was found, and 

 farther on Xasturtiuin palustre and Lycopus europccus appeared. At 

 Lismore, or rather a little above the bridge, a fine clump of 

 Butoiniis umbellatus, in full flower, was a most refreshing variety. 

 Rumex Hydrolapatliuin, Scropliularia aquatica, and Mentha rotundi- 

 folia occurred here, the latter in two places, one below Lismore, 

 and quite established. This mint is not (probably) native in 

 Ireland. Xasturtium palustre is very abundant, and much larger 

 than I have seen it elsewhere in Ireland along here. Carex 

 vesicaria, Scirpus sylvaticus, Lysimachia cuhjaris, Lycopus, Ejiihjbiuin 

 hirsutum, Aparyia hispida, Symphytum ajjicinale, Limpinella iiiayna, 



