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and Mayo. P. lamottei has its leaves less cut, and is usually smaller of 

 the two. 



Have you not Lamium incisum as well as L. intermedium ? 



It seems curious that you have not Ranunculus floribundus. 



Epilobium roseum ; Erythraea pulchella ; E. littoralis. Have you 

 ver met with these ? 



Matricaria chamomilla. I see you speak of this as cultivated in 

 gardens. I thought that only Anthemis nobiliswas grown for " Camo- 

 mile tea." M. chamomilla I never heard of as cultivated before, but I 

 dare say you are right. 



Valeriana sambucifolia I do not feel able to distinguish from V. 

 officinalis. However, the differences depend more upon the shape of 

 fruit and the stolons than upon the leaves. I do not think they are more 

 than slight varieties of the same species. 



Ranunculus ccenosus ought to occur in your district. Indeed I see 

 that Dickie gives Moneymore as a locality in his Supplement. At present 

 I do not know of its occurrence further north than Co. Dublin ; still I 

 think it will be found all through Ireland. Have you looked for it ? 



R. circinatus. " Lough Neagh " in Flora of Ulster might prove to be 

 correct. 



Babington says your R. fluitans is not bachii. 



Chenofiodium poly sper mum. I suppose you have not found this ? 

 I am afraid that it must be turned out. 



A. G. MORE. 



GLASNEVIN, 



October 2jth, 1865. 



MY DEAR SIR, I have left your last letter too long unanswered. 

 I have to thank you for a very acceptable addition to my collection in 

 the shape of Ranunculus trichophyllus with floating leaves. Thank 

 you for mentioning the doubt about Myosotis sylvatica. It would be 

 well to know the name of the collector of the specimen in the British 

 Museum, as, if Templeton, this would throw still more doubt upon the 

 right of including it in the Flora of Ulster. One of the Hieracia which 

 you sent, Dr. Moore considers to be H. strictum ; the other is too im- 

 perfect to name, but I do not doubt that you find H. vulgatum in the 

 county Down, as it is a not unfrequent species. But these Hieracia are 

 very difficult to make out. . . . Your Erythraea is nothing more than a 

 small plant of E. centaurium. E. pulchella branches usually from 

 quite low down in a regularly dichotomous manner, and has not its 

 flowers collected into heads. If you saw E. pulchella, I think you would 

 not mistake it. Its flowers are smaller, and star-like from the narrower 

 segments of the corolla. I am surprised to hear that M. chamomilla 

 is cultivated in your cottagers' gardens- ... I have not yet seen Miss 

 Maffett's collection ; but I hope to do so shortly, and I expect it will 

 throw some light on the Belfast plants. With many thanks, yours very 

 truly, 



ALEX. G. MORE. 



