6 Hurst, TJie Range of Diotis candidissiina. 



coast, the aromatic qualities of Diotis render it distasteful 

 to them and thus protect it from injury. The other day 

 I watched some horses reject it with disgust, nor have I 

 seen a single plant exhibiting any signs of having been 

 grazed upon. It is, therefore, not likely to be exter- 

 minated by man or beast. Inroads of the sea may have 

 had something to do with its disappearance in some of 

 the English localities. One botanist suggests that inability 

 to ripen its seeds properly may have something to do with 

 its gradual extinction, especially as it has so little com- 

 petition with other plants when growing on the sea-shore. 

 The plants in the Irish locality seem to be maturing their 

 seeds, and I saw undoubted seedlings. It is curious that 

 the plant should be nearly extinct in Great Britain, where 

 it has been known to grow for over two hundred years ; 

 while in Ireland, for which the first record is less than 

 sixty years old, it should still grow plentifully. 



Amongst other plants which I have found in this 

 neighbourhood were Leinna polyrJiiza, Salix Hoffinanniana, 

 Atriplex laciniata, all first records for District IV. The 

 occurrence of the last-named plant is a great southward 

 extension of the species ; it grows close to Kelly's hotel, 

 at Rosslare, which I made my headquarters, and it extends 

 along the coast for about half a mile to the south. Other 

 interesting species noted were Polygonum maculatuju, 

 Ruuiex maritimus, Cuscuta Trifolii, Lemna gibba, Buda 

 rupestris, J uncus acutus, Viola Curtisii, Zostera nana, 

 Potentdla proaimbcns, &c. 



I send specimens collected at Lady's Island Lake, i ith 

 September, 1901, as well as examples from Mr. Charles 

 Bailey's herbarium, collected as follows : — 

 Near Bideford, North Devon (vice-county 4), collected by 

 R. Hawker, without date of collection, this vice- 

 county not being included in Topographical Botany, 

 ed. ii., p. 250 ; 



