48 SOME PLANTS OBSERVED IN CO. WEXFOED. 



ditches at Cliurcbtown. — C. truncata Gussone. Abundant and 

 fruiting freely in a broad ditch which the railway crosses and in an 

 adjoining pool, between Macmine Junction and Macmine Castle ; 

 associated with C. stafjnalis and-C. hainiilata, and contrasting with 

 them by its dark green colour, as well as by its not rising to the 

 surface of the water. At first sight I took it to be a Nitella, and 

 only on dragging out a handful did I become aware of its true 

 nature. A very satisfactory restoration to the Irish list, Messrs. 

 Groves having recently ascertained that the Glansiskin (Co. Cork) 

 plant was C. luimuJata. I found the fruit to be sessile in all the 

 specimens examined. 



(Enothera biennis L. An escape at Rosslare ; nearly, if not 

 quite, naturalized. 



Sinyndum Olusatrum L. Rather frequent about the coast near 

 Wexford, and in hedges near Churchtown; I doubt its being a true 

 native. 



Antliriscus vulgaris Bernli. Much more abundant than I had 

 supposed on sandy banks, &c., at and near Rosslare; certainly wild. 



Crithmum maritimum L. Carnsore Point. 



(Eiiantlie Lachenalii C. Gmelin. In a small marsh near Wexford 

 Harbour, opposite (east of) the town. 



Fencedaniuii sativum Bentham & Hooker fil. Native at Rosslare, 

 I fully believe. 



ValerianeUa olitoria Pollich, var. lasiocarpa Reichenbach. Abun- 

 dant (apparently to the exclusion of the type) between Greenore 

 Point and Carnsore Point ; Rosslare ; about Ardamine and Cour- 

 town. 



Tanacetiim. vulgare L. Near Wexford ; Macmine Junction — ob- 

 viously introduced. 



Petasites frag vans Presl. Near Churchtown; an escape. 



Crepis pahidosa Moench. Swampy meadows near Macmine 

 Castle, in good quantity. 



Statice rarijiora Drejer. At the south-west corner of Wexford 

 Harbour, very sparingly. 



Myosotis repens G. Don. Near Wexford. — M. collina Hoffmann. 

 Churchtown ; Rosslare ; near Gorey. — ill. versicolor Reichenbach, 

 var. pallida Brebisson. Mr. Bennett suggests this name for a 

 peculiar forget-me-not with uniformly white flowers and pale 

 (yellowish) herbage, which occurs in great quantity on sandy, 

 grassy ground near the sea, north-east of Churchtown, the habit 

 being stiffer and more strict than usual in M. versicolor. I have 

 seen just the same plant on the Lizard coast, W. Cornwall. 



Euphrasia horealis Townsend. Common on the coast between 

 Greenore Point and Churchtown. 



Salvia Verhenaca L. This is quite plentiful at Rosslare, and 

 occurs in greater abundance than I ever saw before in some 

 rough pastures bordering on the coast between Greenore Point and 

 Churchtown. 



Lamium hybridum Villars. Sandy hedgebanks in a lane two or 

 three miles east of Wexford ; not met with elsewhere. 



Plantago Coronopus L. Strong, apparently perennial forms, 



