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Urticacecc. 

 \Parietaria diffum, Koch. Kare. Ratlimullan Castle, 1867. 

 t Urtica urens, L. Local ; Kiiidrum, &c. ; always near cottages. F. 

 U. dioica, L. Common. F. 



UlmacecB. 

 '^JJlmus suberusa, Elirli. Common but not native. F. 

 AmentifercB. 

 Salix cinerea, L. Common. F. 

 S. caprea, L. Frequent. F. 

 S. aurita, L. Local. Glenalla. 



S. repens, L. Frequent. Murren, Carrablagli, &c. F. 

 S. herbacea, L. Rare. Near the summit of Slieve Snacht West, 



on the western side ; summits of Errigal and Muckish. 

 Popidus tremula, L. Common. Carrablagli, Bunlinn, &c. F. 

 Myrica Gale, L. Common. F. 

 Betula alba, L. Frequent. F. 

 Alnus glutinosa, Gasrt. Common. F. 

 Quercus liobur, L. Common and native along western shores of 



Lough Swilly, &c. F. 

 Corylus Avellana, L. Common. F. 



Conifer iB. 



Taxus baccata, L. Rare as a native. On an Island in a lake 

 in 'The Rosses,' to which it gives its name "Lough-an-ure" 

 or the Lake of the Yew^ tree. Also in Glenveagh ; native ? 



Juniperus communis, L. Rare in this form ; grows as an erect 

 shrub at Greenfort, Fanet, reaching a height of three or 

 four feet, and in Glenveagh I have seen it eight to ten feet 

 high, while in one instance it w^as fully fifteen feet. 



J. var. nana. This is the common form which grows in barren 

 stony situations, from sea-level to the summits of the 

 highest mountains, as on Errigal. It is especially 

 abundant in Fanet. F. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



OrchidacecB. 

 Orchis mascula, L. Not unfrequent. Glenalla, &c. F. 

 0. maculata, L. Abundant. F. 

 O. latifulia, L. Abundant. F. 

 0. var. incarnaia, L. Common on wet sandy soil between the 



Bottom Shore and Kindrum, and elsewhere. F. 

 (). /n/ramidalis, L. Rare and very local ; between Kindrum and 



13allyherncin ; near Horn Head House. F. 

 (iymnadenia conopsea, R. Br. Rare ; Glinsk ; Horn Head. F. 

 G. albida, Rich. Rare ; Carrablagh ; Seven Arches. F. 

 Habenaria viridis, R. Br. Common m Fanet. F. 

 H. bifolia, R. Br. Rare ; Kindrum ; Glinsk. F. 

 H. chlorantha, Bab. Local ; Glinsk; Kindrum ; Glenalla. F. 



