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lEISH PLANTS COLLECTED IN JUNE, 1896. 

 By the Rev. E. S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. 



On the 9tli of this month I revisited Clonbur, on the borders 

 of W. Galway and E. Mayo, in order to study afresh one or two 

 doubtful plants seen in 1895, which Dr. Shoolbred and I had been 

 uuable to deal with in our recent paper (see p. 250) ; particularly 

 an Allium, from the limestone, which I hoped to find in flower. 

 Unfortunately the season was even drier than last year, the 

 vegetation being mostly burnt up and withered ; however, this 

 proved not to be an unmixed evil, as the brambles were, in general, 

 sufficiently far advanced to afford fairly good material. While 

 waiting for a train at Claremorris, en mute for Dublin, I came 

 across a few things of some interest. The last three days of the 

 short trip (ending on the 18th) were spent at Wexford. Mr. H. C. 

 Hart carefully worked the neighbouring coasts and the Slaney 

 Valley in 1881 and 1883, and Messrs. Barrett-Hamilton and Mofl'at 

 have recently (1893) contributed an essay on ' The Characteristic 

 Plants of Co. Wexford' to the Irish Naturalist: for the loan of 

 these papers I am much indebted to Mr. E. Lloyd Praeger. The 

 immediate vicinity of the town appears to have been hitherto but 

 little examined, and during my brief stay I was fortunate in 

 meeting with several rare or critical species. This part of the 

 county should repay a closer search ; it is especially rich in 

 brambles, judging by the great variety met with on my only inland 

 expedition. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Arthur Bennett for general help in 

 determining difficult specimens ; Mons. F. Crepiu has seen some 

 of the Roses, and the Characece are vouched for by Mr. H. Groves. 

 Nearly all the Rubi have been scrutinized by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, 

 who found among these several which were quite new to him, two 

 or three of them being not improbably undescribed forms. 



The figures prefixed are those of the Ci/belc Hibcmica; 4 standing 

 for Co. Wexford, 8 for W. Galway, and 9 for E. Mayo. 



Ranunculus Baudotii Godr. 4. Ditches near the S.E. side of 

 Wexford Harbour, N. of Rosslare. 



Fumaria coiifusa Jord. 4. Roadside, Rosslare. — F. muralia 

 Bonder. 4. Hedge opposite Crossbridge Cemetery, near Wexford. 



Cochlearia awjlica L. 4. The form of this which grows abun- 

 dantly on the S.E. shore of Wexford Harbour is very untypical, 

 and agrees well with Hooker's description of var. Hortii Syme; 

 but of that plant I have not yet seen authentic specimens. The 

 C. danica of the same locality is quite normal. 



Baphanus maritimus Sm. 4. With C, auglica at one spot, very 

 scarce. 



Polygala oxyptera Reichb. 8. Hill-pasture above Lough Corrib, 

 about four miles W. of Cong. 9. In a similar situation, but on 

 limestone, S. of Cong. 



Cerastium tetrandrmn Curt. 8,9. Locally abundant on limestone 

 (apparently flooded in winter), S. of Lough Mask. 



