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13. Centunculus minimus, L. Coast near Clifden, Connemara. 

 The white-Jiowered variety of Menziesia polifolia grew near 

 the same spot. Some miles further souths Erica mac- 

 kaiana, Bab., was plentiful ; and on Urrisbeg Mount I saw 

 E. mediterranea, L., j3. Eriocaulon abounds in aU the lakes. 



14. Utricularia intermedia, Hayne. Bogs, Connemara, frequent. 



15. Betonica officinalis, L. Roadside in county Kilkenny, near 



Waterford, Thomas Chandler. 



16. Polygonum lapathifolium, L. Abundant in turnip-fields at 



Riverstown, near Cork. September, 1855. 



17. Betula glutinosa,¥nes. Blarney, Cork. Leaves of the young 



twigs conspicuously cordate. 



18. Saliiv smithiana, Willd., var. rugosa, Leefe, Freq. near Cork. 



19. Asparagus officinalis, L. Sand-hills at Tramore, Waterford, 



June, 1856, Miss S. Grubb. This plant was originally dis- 

 covered in the above station by Dr. C. Smith, 100 years ago, 

 and recorded by him in his ' History of Waterford.' Mr. 

 D. Moore tells me that it was also found in the Barony of 

 Forth, county Wexford, a few years since. 



20. Potamogeton flabellatus, Bab. (?) A plant which agrees with 

 this species, save that the young leaves and ripe fruit are 

 wanting, is plentiful in brackish marshes at Bally cotton, 

 county Cork. 



21. Ruppia rostellata, Koch. Near Dublin, Thomas Chandler. 



22. Juncus acutus, L. Near Tramore, >S. Grubb. 



23. Polystichum Lonchitis, Cyst opt eris fragilis, and Asplenium 



viride, Huds. Moist rocks on Mangerton. August, 1856. 



24. Chara arinita, Wallr. Shanagany bog, near Bally cotton, 

 county Cork, September, 1855, in fresh water occasionally 

 influenced by the tide. A large and beautiful species. 



MAEITIME AND INLAND TEMPERATUEES. 



On the Contrast between the Summer Temperatures of an Inland 

 and a Ji^ritime Locality. 



The following Tables are intended to illustrate the influence of 

 proximity to the sea in lowering the temperatures of summer. 

 The figures in the left-hand column represent degrees of the cen- 

 tigrade thermometer; those in the two others are obtained by 



