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WESTMEATH PLANTS. 



phyllus (sp. collect.) var. SchlechtendaUi (Weiiiej. lu the Knock 

 Drin Wood and the Crooked Wood. — -'H. hirtij'oiius M. & W. 

 "Apparently a hairy form of li. hirtij'oiius," IV. M. Rugers. — */?. 

 danicus Focke. Woods at Kuock JJriu. " Clearly the same as 

 Focke's a. danicus, which he now puts under li. hirtij alius," 

 W. M. Rogers. — R. pyramidalis Kalt. Frequent in the Knock Drin 

 Woods and the neighbourhood generally. — *ii. leucostackys Schleich. 

 Knock Eoss ; form with spreading sepals (just like a Haslemere 

 plant, Mr. Kogers tells us), Crooked Wood. — R. viucronatus Blox. 

 Woods at Knock Drin, not unfrequent ; Faunt's Bog, Quarry Bog. 

 — *ii. raduLa Weihe, towards eckinatoides. Knocii Drin Woods ; 

 also var. * eckinatoides iiogers. Knock Body. — *R. Newbouldu Bab. 

 Crooked Wood, seen in one spot only ; rather less glandular than 

 the Cheshire and iShropshire forms, but with no other difference. — 

 R. J'uscus W. & N., forma. Crooked Wood. — Var. ■'■'inacrostac/iys 

 P. J. Muell. Knock Itoss. The type has previously been recorded 

 by Mr. Levinge. — R. J'uscus x incurvatus occurred at one spot in 

 Crooked Wood ; the latter bramble is frequent and very charac- 

 teristic in the neighbourhood. — R. rosaceus W. & N. var. ''hystrix 

 W. & N. Knock Drm Woods. A shade-grown form. — '^R. tkyrsiger 

 Bab. Woods at Knock Drm ; named for us by the Kev. W. M. 

 Bogers, who remarks that tliis Irisli form is undoubtedly Babington's 

 plant, but is rather less armed, much less clothed with Juair, and 

 its leaves less regularly serrate. New to Ireland. — ''R. scaber W. & N. 

 Crooked Wood (just the same as the Boar's Hill plant, Berks, 

 fide Mr. Kogersj ; also wooded slope of Knock Boss, and at Knock 

 Drin. — '-'''R. hirtus W. & N., aggreg. One or two forms of this 

 variable aggregate were found, which have not been more precisely 

 named. Knock Drin; Kuock Boss. — jR. dumetorum W. & N., 

 et./erox Weihe. Eoadside hedges, Knock Drin to MuUingar. — R. 

 corylifolius Sm., «. subLustris Lees. Knock Drin, not common. 



Rotentilla prociuabens Sibth. Shore of L. Deraveragh, under 

 Knock Body. Not certainly known for the county before. With it 

 grew *i^. procumbens X sylvestris. 



'''Rosa sepium Thuill. In some quantity at the foot of Knock 

 Eyon, and also occurring at the foot of Knock Body. Rare and 

 local in Ireland. — R. canina L. var. *urbica Leman. Knock Body ; 

 and var. '■^'dumalis Bechst., by L. Deraveragh, at Clonave. 



Lythruni SaLicaria L. All three forms growing together in one 

 spot on the shore of L. Owel. 



'■^Epdobium obscurum X palustre. Bog of Lynn. 



Apiuin nodijioruni Keich. fii. var. '^'ochreatuni Bab. Shores of 

 L. Owel and L. Deraveragh. 



Galium palustre L. var. * Witheringii (Sm.). Brittas Lake and 

 Bog of Lynn. 



Leontudon hispidus L. Knock Eyon ; mentioned on account of 

 its great rarity m the district. 



1 araxacum ujjicinale Web. var. *uduin Jord. Knock Drin. 



Scrop/uUuria aquatica L. var. '^'cinerea Dum. At Donore, on 

 L. Deraveragh. — Veronica Anaijallis-aquatica L. var. ^anagatlijornm 

 Bor. Knock Drin ; and Scraw Bug, in the same neighbourhood. 



