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ferry-boat, I was out of District 4 and into District 2 of the 

 " Oybele Hibernica." At Passage I observed Artemisia ahsynthium 

 and Centranthus ruber, the latter an ornament to the rocks. 

 Between Passage and Waterford, which I travelled by mail car, I 

 observed Scrophiclaria aquatica, common in many places in "Water- 

 ford, but a locally- distributed plant. 



August 2. Along the railway between Waterford and Tra- 

 more Malva moschata and Equisetum maximum were noticed. The 

 sand-hills east of Tramore are a known habitat for Juncus acutus 

 and Diotis maritima. I started westwards along the cliffs south- 

 west of Tramore, keeping continually in mind, as I had done since 

 I left Wexford, that it was necessary to examine all stony beaches 

 for Euphorbia pepUs, which has appeared occasionally on this coast. 

 Moreover, Erica vagans has been stated to occur on the cliffs west 

 of Tramore. Along the cliffs immediately west of Tramore I 

 notiGed Hubia peregrina, Inula crithmoides, Statice occidentalis, and 

 Crithmum maritimum, to Newtown Head or " The Metal Man." 

 On the cliffs beyond Newtown Head I met with Lavatera arborea 

 in a thoroughly wild station. Inula crithmoides and Riibia pere- 

 grina are very frequent along here : Lavatera arborea and Statice 

 occidentalis occur more sparingly. Here I came to the first acces- 

 sible beach, a little on the Tramore side of Grarraris Cove, the 

 locality in which Etqjhorbia peplis has been discovered. On this 

 beach I was struck with the strong resemblance which young 

 leaf-shoots of Glaucium luteum bear to those of Diotis maritima: 

 the latter, which was fresh in my memory, is somewhat whiter. 

 For some distance I kept the base of the cliffs in search of Euphor- 

 bia peplis but without success. It will suffice to say that I ex- 

 amined every beach from Tramore to Youghal more or less carefully, 

 especially those between Tramore and Dungarvan, and was much 

 disappointed to find no trace of this very rare and uncertain 

 species. I questioned fishermen, boatmen, cockle-gatherers, and 

 dulse and carrigeen women, in many nooks and corners. It was 

 easy to learn from these accommodating Celts that the plant was 

 usually abundant : milky juice, red foliage, and all peculiarities 

 unmistakably described — after they ivere informed of them. One 

 woman in Grarraris Bay assured me she knew it, but that like 

 everything else along the shore it was "tore out of it" by the 



