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and gravel pits half a mile from Comber on the road to New- 



townards; S.A.S. ConUg ; R.Ll.P. 

 Antrim — Gravelly place on shore of IJshet Lake in the island of Rathlin 



—sparingly; S.A.S. Proc. R.LA. 1882. 

 Derry — On wastes ; Sampson'' s Surv. Berry. Plentiful in sandy warrens 



from Portmsh to Do'waihiU ; D.M. 



Order XVII. CSXiASTRACEJE. 



SVOITTMCUS Linn. Spindle Tree. 



1. B. europaeus Linn. 



Rocky places, and in thickets by the margins of rivers and lakes — fre- 

 quent. Fl. June and first half of July. 



Down — Holywood; Templeton, 1810. Rockport ; Flor. Belf. Hedge 

 near Comber ; T.H.C. Abimdant by the wooded shore south 

 of Rostrevor, and by the west bank of the Quoile two to three 

 miles below Downpatrick, also in Dimdonald Glen; S.A.S. 

 ToUymore Park, Rademon, and abundant in hedges in town- 

 land of Tullycaime ; C. Bickson. 

 Antrim— Belfast Deer Park ; Templeton, 1797 (stiU there, Eds.). Shore 

 of Lough Xeagh at Shane's Castle ; Flor. Vlst. Southern end 

 of Lough Begnear Toome ; B.N.F.C., 1867. Shore of Lough 

 Neagh at Cranfield Point, and on the Knockagh; S.A.S. 

 Roadside near Whitehouse ; T.H.C. 

 Derry — By the Bann below Kilrea, and by the sides of small rivers in the 

 parish of Arboe ; D.M. 



Order XYIII. RHAMITACBJE. 

 RKAMM-US Linn. 



1. R. catbartlcus Linn. Buckthorn. 



Bushy places by lake shores — very rare. Fl. May and June; {Cyb. 

 Sib.). 



Antrim — ^A yovmg seedling in Portmore wood ; Templeton, 1794. Lough 

 Xeagh by the outlet of the Lagan canal, and near Toome ; 

 Cyb. Hib. Creagh Island in Lough Beg ; D.M. 



Derry — In a hedge near Salterstown ; D.M. 



