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Lisburn ; also about the entrance of the Lagan Canal into 

 Lough Neagh, but not seen recently there. In its only other 

 Irish station (canal near Newry, Co. Armagh, 1S36) it has 

 not been refound. Extremely rare in Britain. 



Hypericum hirsutum L. — A., Macedon Point. Else- 

 where in Ireland confined to a restricted area on the lime- 

 stone in Dublin, Kildare, and Meath. 



Lavatera arborea L. — A., North coast, frequent and 

 native. 



Geranium sylvaticum L. — A., Glenarm neighbour- 

 hood ; the only Irish station. 



G. pratense Z. — A., North coast, locally plentiful. 

 Absent from the rest of Ireland 



Erodium moschatum L'Herit. — In both counties; 

 very rare. 



E. maritimum nierit. — L)., frequent; A., very rare, 

 and not seen recently. 



Trifolium striatum L. — D., Common in Ardglass 

 district ; A., Whitehead. 



T. filiforme L. — D., Ardglass. 



Trigonella ornithopodioides DC. — D., three stations 

 near Ardglass. 



Vicia Orobus L. — A., Sallagh Braes. The only other 

 Irish stations are on the limestone in Galway and King's 

 County. 



V. lathyroides L. — D. and A. ; coast, rare and local. 



I.,athyrus palustris L. — A., apparently extinct in three 

 Lough Neagh stations owing to drainage. 



Rubus. — The Rubi of the north-east of Ireland are 

 better known than those of any other portion of the country. 

 Out of the 10 1 "species" described in Rogers's "Hand- 

 book," 46 occur in Down and Antrim. In addition to these, 

 two new forms — R. Lettii and R. duuensis — have been 

 recently described by Mr. Rogers from Down and Armagh. 

 Of the 48 Brambles which thus form the local Riihiis flora, 

 4 are unknown elsewhere in Ireland : Rubus nemoralis, 

 R. criniger, R. Boncanus, R. regillus ; while the following 

 are rare in the British Isles : Rubus Rogersii, R. nitidus., 

 R. nemoralis, R. villicaulis, R. ar^^^eninius., R. Myricie, 

 R. SalUri^ R. micans, R. hirii/oiius, R. crhiiger., R. Bomanus, 



