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Other species found at Castle Taylor which are said by Lecoq, " Etudes 

 sur la Geographic des Plantes," to prefer a calcareous soil. 

 19 species. 



Thalictrum minus. 

 Papaver hybridum. 



dubium. 

 Sinapis alba. 

 [Geranium pratense]. 

 Lathyrus tuberosus. 

 Rubus caesius. 

 Rosa arvensis. 

 Pimpinella Saxifraga. 

 Pastinaca sativa. 



Daucus Carota. 

 Sambucus Ebulus. 

 Rubia peregrina. 

 Fedia Auricula. 

 Carduus Crispus. 

 Centaurea Scabiosa. 

 Tragopogon major (?). 

 Euphorbia exigua. 

 Sesleria caerulea. 



Other uncommon plants observed growing near Castle Taylor, which 

 are more or less generally distributed. 35 species. 



Ranunculus Lingua. 



Barbarea arcuata. 



Arabis hirsuta. 



Sinapis alba. 



Viola canina (flavicornis). 



Geranium lucidum. 



sanguineum. 



Geum intermedium. 



Pyrus Aria. 



Myriophyllum alterniflorum. 



Tragopogon pratensis. 



Carduus crispus, var. acan- 

 thoides. 



Primula veris. 



Utricularia minor. 



Littorella lacustris. 



Rumex sanguineus (red- 

 veined). 



Habenaria chlorantha. 



Habenaria viridis. 

 Potamogeton plantagineus. 



perfoliatus. 



Sparganium minimum. 

 Carex intermedia, 

 acuta. 



fulva (much rarer than 

 var. Hornschuchiana). 

 Avena pubescens. 

 Catabrosa aquatica. 

 Glyceria plicata. 

 Festuca bromoides. 



arundinacea. 

 loliacea. 



Bromus commutatus. 

 Lolium temulentum. 

 var. arvense. 

 Botrychium Lunaria. 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum. 



On drawing a comparison between our district and Yorkshire (one 

 degree further north, and where the Teesdale limestone affords many 

 of the same species), it is interesting to notice the very great difference 

 of numbers premising, of course, that considerable allowance should 

 be made for the restricted nature of the Irish district, when balanced 

 against the largest English county : 



Yorkshire has Castle Taylor. Proportion. 



Total, . looi 432 7 : 3 



Atlantic, .10 5 2:1 



Northern, .91 18 5:1 



Southern, . 277 44 6 : i 



