114 PRIMULACE^. 



Antrim — Kings' moss ; Flor. Belf. By the Lagan canal above Lisbum ; 



S.A.S. 

 Derry — In the racecourse bog near Derry, and bog holes near Gar^'agh ; 



D.M. 



2. U. intermedia Hayne. 



Pools, and bog drains— verj^ rare. Fl. Aug. {Cyb. Hib.). 

 Derry— Side of the Foyle, in the parish of Templemore above London- 

 derry ; D.M. 



There are several notes of the occurrence of this plant in the County of 

 Down, but none by any recent observer. Old records of such a critical 

 plant require confirmation and they are therefore left over for verification 



3. U. minor Linn. 



Bog drains, and stagnant ditches in moory places — not rare. Fl. July 



and Aug. 



Down— In a bog north of Greyabbey, and in old peat holes east of Bally- 

 nahmchspa; Templeton, 1794. Bog holes at foot of Slieve 

 Donard ; Wade Ear. Mosses near Ballygowan, Donaghadee, 

 and Holywood ; Flor. Belf. Conlig; R.Ll.P. 



Antrim— In old moss holes in a little bog about 200 yards north of the 

 second lock of the Lagan canal ; Templeton (bog disappeared 

 long since). Fairhead ; F. Whitla. Bog between Lisburn 

 and Lough Neagh ; G. C. Hyndman, 1830. Kings' moss, 

 and Ballycastle ; Flor. XJlst. Bog at the Lough rocks above 

 Dunloy, and on the boggy summit of Fairhead ; S.A.S. 



Derry — Common throughout the county ; D.M. 



Order XLV. PRZMUX.ACEJE. 



HOTTONIA Linn. 



1. H. palustris Linn. Water Violet. 



Marshes, and stagnant ditches — very rare. Fl. mid. May till end of 

 July. 



Down—" Found by Mr. Richard Kennedy in the marshy ditches on the 



right side of the road at Everogue bridge near Downpatrick" ; 



Templeton. On the lands of Inch near Downpatrick ; F. 



Whitla. Still plentiful at Downpatrick ; Eds. 



Mr. Templeton planted the water-violet at Cranmore. More recently 



it was introduced to the Bog meadows, and has spread amazingly in the 



