The Rey. Dr. Hincks on the Flora of Ireland. 131 
been an error in transcribing the list sent to Mr. Mackay, for 
Mr. Templeton was not a man who would give his authority 
for what he did not know, nor would any of his family contri- 
bute intentionally to an error, however trifling. The north- 
ern habitat therefore rests on the authority of Wade’s ‘ Plantz 
Rariores.’ 
p: 219. Mr. Tighe, in the statistical account of Kilkenny, 
mentions Thymus Acinos, wild basil, as found there. It had 
been previously mentioned by K’Eogh and Threlkeld. ‘There 
can scarcely be a doubt that it was an introduced plant; but 
Sir W. J. Hooker has it as found in cultivated fields, though 
rare in Scotland; and why not admit it on such combined 
authority into the Irish Flora? It is now called Acinos vul- 
garis. ‘The hedge hyssop (Gratiola) was said by K’Kogh to 
be wild on the Burren mountains, county Clare; but the 
notice is confined to him. Has this district been thoroughly 
examined by any competent botanist? It is, I think, lime- 
stone, and chiefly retained as sheep-walk, so as to have been 
less cultivated than other parts; it might therefore be ex- 
pected to have some rare plants, especially as Connemara, 
the Arran Isles, Kerry, &c., lying near the Atlantic, have been 
so productive of them. Gratiola officinalis is found in moist 
places in several parts of Europe, as far north as Denmark ; 
and G. linifolia, a native of Portugal, differs little from G. 
officinalis, except in being smaller, and its leaves linear and 
entire. Portugal is nearly in the same longitude, and has 
the same exposure to the Atlantic as the west of Ireland. 
p- 231. ScLeRANTHE#X or PARONYCHEZX.—Dr. Smith, in 
his ‘Kerry,’ mentions Herniaria glabra as found at Lamb’s 
Head, mouth of Kenmare river. Mr. Mackay has borne testi- 
mony to the correctness of this author in instances which came 
under his notice; it is probable, therefore, that he was correct 
in this, as neither the place nor the character of the plant 
would lead us to think it introduced or confounded with 
another. ‘Two species of Herniaria have been established by 
Mr. Babington, and admitted by Sir W. J. Hooker: H. glabra, 
found in Jersey and Guernsey; H. ciliata (separated from the 
other), found near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. This species 
might be the one found near the mouth of Kenmare river. 
_ -—p. 240. Ceratophyllum demersum. 'The northern habitats 
for this plant in Mr. M.’s Flora are “ Near Killaleagh, Isle of 
Rathlin and Lough Neagh—Mr. Templeton.” ‘There has 
been some mistake, originating perhaps in the substitution of 
N for L. It should be, “ Isle of Rathlin, and Lough Leagh, 
near Killaleagh.” Mr.'Templeton,on whose authority the habi- 
tats are given, found it at Rathlin, 1795, and at L. Leagh, 1804. 
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