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Derrv— In a moist bushy place on the roadside between Castledawson and 

 Bellaghy ; D.M. 



12. S. repens Linn'\ 



Bare sandy, or heathy ground on the coast, and by lakes, and on rocky 

 mountain pastures — common. Fl. April and May. There are several 

 puzzling varieties of this species, and we have ^not sufficiently distin- 

 guished them. The following have been noted. 

 Var. S. PROSTRATA Smith. 

 Common in rushy ground ; Templeton. Cavehill ; Floi\Eib. Scrabo, 

 and Rathlin ; Flor. Ulst. 



Yar. S. iNCUBACEA it««. 

 Near the lint mill at Errigal banks near Garvagh, Co. Derry ; D.M. 



Var. S. ARGENTEA Smith. 

 In the bog at Kirkiston, Co. Down, and on blown sands at same place ; 

 Templeton, 1810. 



13. S. herbacea Zinn. Dwarf Mountain Willow. 



Crevices of rocks on the higher mountains— rare. Fl. June and early 

 half of July. Altitudinal range 1000 feet on Clontygearagh, Co. Derry ; 

 D.M., to 2700 on Slieve Donard. 

 Down— Scallaree, and Cairn rocks west of Bencrom, and rocks on Slieve- 



namady ; Wade Ear. Slieve Donard, and the Diamond 



Mountain ; Templeton, 1808. Summit of Slieve Bignian ; 



S.A.S. Slieve Bei-nagh ; C. Dickson. Slieve Commedagh ; 



E. a Hart, Proc. R.I. A. 

 Antrim— Slievenanee ; Flor. Hib. North side of Slievenamon ; Cyb. Sib. 



(? Slievenanee). 

 Derry— Abundant on Dart Mountain, also occurs on Clontygeragh in 



Ballynascreen ; D.M. Benevenagh ; J. Ball. Midlaghmore ; 



H. C. Hart, op. cit. 



POPUZiUS Tournefort. Poplar. 

 1. P. tremula Linn. Aspen. 



Rocks, and glens in mountain districts— frequent. Fl. from late in 

 March till early in May. 



Antrim— Bocks on east side of Agnew's Hill, and rocks at Eedbay ; 

 Templeton, 179-1. Cave Hill, and cliifs at Glenarm ; Flor. 

 Ulst. On cliffs at Sallagh Braes, and at north end of Rathlin 

 (stunted); S.A.S. Carrick-a-rede ; T.H.C. Rocks by the 

 Inver River, and at Knockagh, Fairhead, and Glenariffe; 

 R.Ll.P. 

 Derry— At the waterfall in the Ness Glen; Templeton. Altahara Glen 

 Draperstown, also Errigal banks, and Umbra rocks ; D.M. 

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