CAPRIFOLIACE^. 69 



1. H. bellx Linn. 



Rocks, -vralls, woods, and hedges —common. Fl. mid. Oct. till end of 

 Nov. 



Order XXVIII. CAPRZFOZiZACEJB. 



ADOXA Linn. 



A. moschatelllna Linn. Moschatel. 



Kooky, and shady banks— very rare. Fl. mid. March till end of April. 

 Antrim—" Found on the shaded banks of the Mile water River about a 

 quarter mile above where the tide flows. First observed there 

 by Dr. J. L. Drummond, and seen by myself in April, 1820"; 

 Templeton. Glen of Jenny mount (Mile water stream) ; Drum- 

 mond, and Whitla. Seen growing sparingly in the above 

 stations, which are practically one, by T.H.C. in 1878. In 

 the southwest side of the Deerpark, Cavehill, nearthe quarries ; 

 J. (Canon) Grainger; in Flor. Self . 

 Though the plant still grows in the Belvoir Park station, of Flora of 

 Ulster, nevertheless that may be dismissed as a suspicious locality, but 

 there is every reason to believe it native on the Cave Hill, and in its first 

 observed habitat by the Mile water stream. The Botanic Gardens were 

 not formed until 1828, and doubtless it was from Jennymount, or the 

 Cave Hill that the Adoxa was brought into them, and most probably into 

 the grounds of Belvoii- also. This plant may be looked on as one of those 

 which are losing their hold on the ground they once occupied in greater 

 force, and soon destined to be extinct as an Irish plant. It now hides 

 away in one little spot at the Mile water, and under the friendly shelter 

 of one or two fallen rocks in the Deerpark, and the first alterations, or 

 improvements effected in these places will be its death warrant. 



SAIMCBUCUS Linn. Elder. 



1. S. ebulus Linn. Dwarf Elder, Dane's Blood. 



Waste ground, dry banks, and fields— rather frequent. Fl. mid. July 



till end of Aug. 



Down — " Plentiful a quarter mile east of Magheralin, whole fields being 

 covered with it "; Harris's Dotvn, 1744, At St. Colman's 

 well near Magheralin ; Rev. H. W. Lett, 1884. Fields below 

 Holy wood; Templeton, \19Z. Ruins of Greyabbey ; Lr. Fior. 

 Side of road near Lambeg ; G. C. Hyndman. Warrenpoint, 

 and road east of TyreUa, also near Bangor; Flor. Ulst. 



