354 FLORA OF IRELAND. [December, 



the discovery of many plants I had never seen, some of which in 

 Scotland are seldom or never found. In the vicinity of Limerick 

 I found the following, viz. (Enanthe fistulosa, in a marsh, abun- 

 dant; Erodium mo^cAa^Mm, plentiful by grassy waysides ; Ceterach 

 officinarum, abundant on all old stone dykes, by waysides and in 

 similar stations; Samolus Valerandi, in the ditches two miles 

 south-east of the city ; and Chhra perfoliata, in turfy soil along 

 with Anagallis tenella, in perfect beauty. Scolopendrium vulgare 

 is here, as everywhere, frequent in Ireland. In the same direction 

 I gathered Hippuris vulgaris and Scutellaria galericulata. Inula 

 Conyza is found two miles to the east of Limerick and Cotyledon 

 Urnbilicus on old stone dykes the same distance north of the town. 

 Malva sylvestris is abundant everywhere, four feet in height. 

 Orchis pyramidalis occurs near the Shannon to the southward 

 of the town ; it I did not gather, but saw a recent specimen in a 

 child's hand, who told me it was from that place it was got. I 

 went to Clonmel in December, 1848 ; I found the following 

 plants in the vicinity of the town : — Jasione montana, plentiful in 

 a ravine among the hills south-east of the town ; Asperula odo- 

 rata, near the same place ; Melampyrum pratense, near the road 

 on the south side of the Suir; and Symphytum officinale, plenti- 

 ful along the borders of fields; Lysimachia nemorum was fre- 

 quent near the same place. In a woody den, Sanicula europma 

 was found growing luxuriantly ; and in a small pond, Potamo- 

 geton crispum in great abundance. In ] 850 I went to Kilkenny ; 

 here I saw few new plants : Listera ovata in meadows by the 

 riverside, and Mercurialis annua abundant in potato-fields, and 

 Salvia Verbenaca near a streamlet half a mile west of the town. 

 Vinca major and minor are frequent here by hedge-sides, and 

 likewise in the county of Limerick. In February, 1851, I went 

 to Carlow, where I found Nuphar lutea, abundant in the river 

 Barrow beside the town, and Pulicaria dysenterica, plentiful on 

 the dry banks of the same stream ; Caucalis daucoides on dry 

 ground in a small plantation by the riverside ; Linaria repens, 

 eighteen inches in height, maintaining its position on a low wall 

 beyond a hedge ; Saxifraga tridactylites is here, as elsewhere in 

 Ireland, abundant on the tops of walls and often on the ground. 

 Erigeron acris occurs two miles north-east of the town by the 

 wayside, and Chlora perfoliata is abundant near the same place. 

 Lepidium campestre grows one mile west of the town, and Malva 



