HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES IN IRELAND. 
By Arex. G. Mors, F.L.S. 
Last autumn, Miss E. M. Farmar, a lady botanist, who on several 
other occasions has supplied valuable information respecting the plants 
of Wexford, sent to Dr. Moore a branch of Hippophae rhamnoides, with 
the intimation that it had been gathered on the sandhills near Kiltennel, 
Wexford. 
Fearing that the Hippophae might have been planted in this loca- 
lity, as it has been largely used on the rabbit warrens near Rush, in 
the county of Dublin, I took the first opportunity of visiting Kilten- 
nel, and, from what I have seen, I think there is no doubt that the 
plant is truly indigenous, and will form a notable addition to the flora 
of Ireland. ` 
With directions kindly given me by Miss Farmar, I drove from Gorey 
station to Courtown, a small harbour on the coast of Wexford, to the 
north of which extends a long tract of sandhills, such as are frequent on 
the east coast of Ireland. Close to the pier I picked Festuca uniglumis, 
Thrincia hirta, var. arenaria, Viola Curtisii, Orchis pyramidalis, Cyno- 
glossum officinale, etc., and, proceeding northwards, I had scarcely walked 
half a mile, when I perceived some low-growing shrühs, which, at a dis- 
tance, looked like small Willows. Here was the Hippophae, growing 
in a large patch for about a hundred yards along the ridge of the sand- 
hills close to the sea, and forming a dense thicket, under which I found 
that the pheasants, from the neighbouring park of Courtown, are fond 
of taking shelter. I soon found several more colonies of the plant, 
and counted altogether some eight or nine patches of this rare shrub, 
which extends irregularly for a distance of more than a mile along the 
whole line of sandhills towards Duffcarrick rocks, but does not re- 
appear on the other side of that rocky point. When sheltered, some 
of the bushes attain six or seven or even eight feet in height, and, in 
one instance, I found a trunk which measured seven inches in dia- 
meter. 
It may be objected that the Courtown sandhills adjoin a large park, 
where much planting has been carried on, and I did notice in one 
place a young Acer Pseudo-platanus growing with the Hippophae, and 
also a plant of Clematis Vilalba, both evidently self-sown, but there is 
