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dall, and at Drmnnasole ; W. Thompson. Shane's Castle; 

 B.X.F.C., 1863. Massereene Park; A. G. More. Near 

 Randalsto^\'n ; T.H.C. On beech at Muckamore ; S.A.S. 

 Deny — Errigal banks, Castledavson woods, and at Garvagh ; D.M. 



EPZPACTZS Eich. Hblleborine. 



1. E. latifolia {Linn.) Swartz. 



"Woods, thickets, and shady roadside banks— frequent. Fl. mid. July 

 till mid. Sept. 



Down— Plantations at Belvoii- ; Templeton, 1793. Marino; Flor. Belf. 

 Hol)^ood ; Flor. List. Hillsborough ; Cyb. Bib. Clande- 

 boye, and Dundonald, also at Gillhall near Dromore ; T.H.C. 

 Cultra ; R.Ll.P. Rademon ; C. Dickson. 

 Antrim— Malone, and Colin Glen ; Flor. Belf. Greencastle, Whitehead, 

 Eedhall, and abundant in Glenarm Park; Flor. list. At 

 Muckamore, and abundant from Crumlin to Langford Lodge ; 

 S.A.S. Ligoniel, and Shane's Castle; T.H.C. 

 Deny— Abimdant thi-oughout the county; D.M. Woods about Cole- 

 raine, and in Bond's glen; Ct/b. Sib. 

 Yar. /5 E. media Fries. 

 Damp woods — rare. 

 Sparingly in Glenarm Park ; S.A.S. 



2. E. palustrls Swartz. 



Wet boggy places— very rare, cannot now be found, and is probably 

 extinct here. 



Down — "In a marshy field on the shore of Belfast Lough half a mile 

 above Knockmagunny (Knocknagoney) Hill, coming into 

 flower on July 5th, 1820" ; Templeton. 

 Antrim — In a low meadow south of BaUintrae ; D.M. in Cyb. Sib. 



CEPHAX.AN'TKERA Bicli. 



1. C. ensifolla Eich. 



Wet places in old woods— extremely rare. Not found recently, though 



diligently sought for by several botanists. Fl. Jime and July. 



Down — By the margin of Lough DeiTy about two miles north of Bally- 



nahinch ; Sherard, 1694 (now extinct). " Helleborine foliis 



prcelongis augiistis ncutis. Foimd on a rotten bog, by a lough 



side, near the Daiiy House in Creveteneau, Ballynahinch, 



Ireland"; Raii Synopsis, ed. ii., 1696. 



The above quoted Latin descriptive name is the sjTionym used by Eay 



for C. ensifolia, and for this, in addition to weightier reasons, we 



