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



and Saponaria ojficinalis were gathered to Ballyduff. From 

 Cappoquin the walking has been splendid, firm banks with a good 

 hard sward, and just a reasonable amount of impediments. Near 

 Fermoy liutomus occurred again, and with it Nasturtium sylvestre. 



Since ]>allyduff we have been in the County Cork. The 

 Blackwater lies chiefly in this county, a small portion at the north- 

 west end, where it rises, being in Kerry, while the last twenty miles 

 of its course are in Waterford. Cork has received more special 

 attention at the hands of botanists than any other Irish county, 

 and I may here refer to the latest work on the subject by the Eev. 

 Thos. Allin, Avhose flora renders it unnecessary for me to mention 

 species which he has shown to be common in the county. 



Having passed the night in a capital hotel in Fermoy we 

 followed the left bank up the river to Mallow on the 13th. At 

 Castle Hyde, a lovely place, I noticed Epipactis latifolia, Armaria 

 trinervia, and Oruhanche Hedera;. At Ballyhooly I saw (JEnanthe 

 Phellandrium, the only place in the Blackwater it occurred. About 

 a mile above Cregg Castle, on the left bank, I found a real rarity, 

 AUiiuii Scorudnjirasum. I met with it again on the same bank at 

 the lower part of Norreys Castle demesne near Mallow. It was 

 growing in small grassy thickets near the stream in each locality, 

 and had all the appearance of a native, not being on the brink, as 

 species conveyed by the river usually are. The only other stations 

 for this Allium in Ireland are Foaty Island, in Cork, and thickets at 

 Killarney. Near Killawillin fhiphurhia kiberna was first met with ; 

 it is found as far east, however, as Cappoquin.* Geranium lucidum 

 and Lithuspermwii arcense were fi'equently seen. The decrease in 

 the interesting river species as we travelled west was most note- 

 worthy. Gradually they all disappeared, giving place to few species 

 of any interest in their stead. About three miles above Mallow, 

 which we left on the morning of the 14th, I met with Nasturtium 

 amphibium in a drain leading to the river on the left bank. I will 

 not positively commit myself to this locality, as I unfortunately did 

 not secure a specimen ; but being very familiar with the plant I 

 can hardly have made a mistake. It is very rare in Cork, Mr. 

 Allin being only able to supply two localities. Kuphorbia hiberna ' 

 and (Enanthe crocata are consj)icuous plants to Mill Street, and 

 with regard to the rest I have simply noted " all common." 



From Mallow the Blackwater had neither botany nor beauty, 

 so we bade it good-bye at Mill Street, and went westwards to 

 Killarney, and thence over the Eeeks to Sneem. In spongy bogs 

 behind Sneem I found lihijnchospora fusca and Carcx liiiiosa in some 

 profusion, and at Derryquin, near Sneem, Lijcopus europmts, not a 

 common plant in Kerry, occurs by the roadside. 



From Keumare we crossed by Cleonee and Inchiquin Lakes to 

 Glengarifi', back again from Kerry to the County Cork. About 

 Cleonee Iwtrijehium Lunaria, Utricularia intermedia, and Eriucaulun 

 septantjulare Avere gathered. At Inchiquin Lake a natural wood of 

 some extent of holly, oak, alder, birch, hazel, crab-apple, and 



* [I found it still further east in 18«0, a CoUigan, near Dungarvan, 

 Co. Waterford. — Ed. Journ. Bot.j 



