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of Ourracloa to Blackwater. Along here Sinapis nigra is very fre- 

 quent, and, I should say, undoubtedly native ; as such it is very 

 rare in Ireland. Along these banks, where the coast sweeps round 

 eastwards, about half way between Eosslare and Grreenore, I 

 gathered Helminthia ecMoides, Linum angustifolium, and Convolvulus 

 arvensis. On the north side of Grreenore Point a small patch of 

 Elymus arenarius occurs in a less suspicious -looking locality than 

 the others. Here, too, I gathered Carex vulpina, Senebiera corono- 

 ptis, and Stachys arvensis, and at the point Festuca arundinacea and 

 Polygonum rati. A little south of Grreenore, Erodium moschatum 

 and Crithmum maritimum occur — the former in doubtfully native 

 circumstances. Along this coast Inula dysenterica is a characteristic 

 plant, being remarkably abundant. From Grreenore Point to Carn- 

 sore Point, or " Cam," as it is called in the neighbourhood, the 

 coast is low, and at first sand-hills with a beach of porphyry, then 

 red granite. A little south of Grreenore I first met with 8alvia 

 verhenaca, on the Wexford coast. It occurred again nearer to Carn, 

 and I noted, too, Poa rigida, P. loliacea, Cerastium semidecandrum, 

 Cynoglossum officinale, Beta maritima, and Glaucium luteum, on the 

 coast at St. Margaret's. At Nethertown, Artemisia absynthium, 

 afterwards frequent, was first met with. It never occurs on the 

 wilder part of the coast, or far from cultivation, and is, no doubt, 

 introduced. Here, too, I gathered Apium graveolens. It was now 

 dusk, and time to look for accommodation for the night. With 

 some difficulty I obtained a bed at the post-office at Churchtown. 

 I may mention, lest it should be thought the ways of botanists are 

 those of unmixed recreation, that my fare for this tour was of a 

 most meagre description, and, with very few exceptions, I should 

 have preferred to pass the night on foot rather than in the only 

 places I could find to sleep. However, the people did their best, 

 and the lobsters, the staple article of diet, were excellent. 



July 29. About Churchtown I observed Apium graveolens, 

 Erodium moschatum, Eamium incisum, (Enanthe crocata, and Cyno- 

 glossum officinale ; and at the shore at Carn, Convolvulus soldanella, 

 Erodium maritimum, and Euphorbia par alias were abundant. I was 

 now fairly round the south-east corner of Ireland. The Saltee 

 Islands were in view before me. This part of the cost is extremely 

 lonely and desolate. For a mile or so, sand-hills bordering the sea 

 on one side, and a tract of sheep pasture inland, yielded nothing 



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