SOME PLANTS OBSERVED IN CO. WEXFORD. 47 



Polygala oxyjitera Keichb. Kosslare. A small-flowered plant, 

 locally abundant on sandy, grassy slopes between Greenore Point 

 and Churchtown, varying with pink and blue blossoms, appears to 

 me to belong here, though tending towards P. serpyJlacea (which is 

 frequent and typical in the district) ; it may be one of the named 

 continental varieties. Mr. A. W. Bennett could not pronounce 

 definitely upon the specimens sent to him. P. vulgaris was very 

 luxuriant upon banks near Macmine Junction. 



Cerastium semidecandrwn L. Sandy ground, Rosslare ; C. tetran- 

 drum was seen here in plenty. 



Arenaria serpijllifolia L. var. Lloydli (Jordan). Sandy coast 

 between Greenore Point and Churchtown, abundant ; also a mile 

 or more to the south of Ardamine. 



Sagina ciliata Fries. Sandy field near Rosslare House. 



Buda rubra Dumortier. Roadside near Rosslare Harbour, 

 towards Churchtown. B. rupestris was noticed at one spot between 

 Greenore Point and Churchtown, and is very fine on rocks at Carn- 

 sore Point. 



Malva moschata L. Near Macmine Junction and Gorey. 



Linum. an gusti folium L. About Gorey. 



Geranium pyrenaicuni Burm. fil. Roadsides near Gorey and 

 Wexford. 



Erodium. moscliatwn L'Heritier. Rosslare ; coast between Green- 

 ore Point and Churchtown, close to a cottage garden. E. maritimum 

 grows about Courtown, Wexford, Rosslare, and Churchtown. 



Trigonella purpiirascens Lamarck. Rosslare ; about half-way 

 from Greenore Point to Churchtown ; near Lady's Island Lake. 

 Very local indeed. 



Trifulium striatum L. Between Greenore Point and Church- 

 town, in good quantity over about half an acre of rocky pasture, 

 and more luxuriant than I remember to have seen it elsewhere ; 

 also sparingly on the north shore of Wexford Harbour, perhaps a 

 mile east of the town. — T. glomeratum L. Li two sandy pastures 

 near Rosslare House ; in one of them it was quite plentiful. T.Jili- 

 forme grew with it here, and also occurred at Carnsore Point. 



Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr. Near Churchtown. 



Primus Cerasus L. In roadside hedges near Churchtown and 

 Gorey. 



Bubns plicatus L. Railway-bank near Macmine Castle. — B. Idrti- 

 f alius Mueller & Wirtgen, var. danicus (Focke). About Churchtown 

 and Wexford ; frequent. — B. leucostachys Schleicher, var. angmti- 

 folius Rogers. Abundant to the south-east of Gorey, where I also 

 saw a form of Pi. corylifolius which I believe to be var. cyclophyUus 

 Lindeberg. The brambles were backward this season, and I could 

 do little with them ; but I am sure that this part of Ireland is a 

 good hunting-ground for the batologist. 



Callitriche hamidata Kuetzing. Frequent. The form C. pedun- 

 culata DC. was found in a pool about 100 yards south of Rosslare 

 Harbour Station ; although the pedicels are sometimes J in. long, 

 many sessile fruits are present as well on the specimens. — C. oh- 

 tusaiigula Le Gall. Pools and ditches near Rosslare, frequent; 



