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the very local and handsome species Vicia sylvatica. At Bally- 

 ernan, a few miles north of Ardmore, I found Linum angustifoUum, 

 Jimcus glaucus, Lychnis githago, Pastinaca sativa, Anthemis cotula, 

 and Centaurea scahiosa. Close to Ardmore, Salvia verbenaca and 

 Scandix pecten-veneris were also met with. It was late when I 

 reached the prettily-situated village of Ardmore. The day had 

 been a roasting one, and the walking unusally severe, so that the 

 most primitively conducted inn I have yet discovered was a wel- 

 come object. Here I remained for the night. 



August 5. Ardmore Head, to the south of the village, is most 

 picturesque and enjoyable. An early start brought me round the 

 head and along the coast into Youghal by the ferry by two o'clock. 

 Ardmore Head has been frequently botanized, and is rich in 

 variety as well as rarities. I observed Solidago virgaurea, Arte- 

 misia ahsynthium, Ruhia peregrina, Vicia angusfifolia, Centaurea 

 scahiosa, Inula crithmoides, Cichorium intyhus, Trifolium arvense, 

 and others of less interest. West of Whiting Bay, Juncus glaucus 

 and Api'um graveolens were noted ; and on the headland between 

 that and Youghal Harbour at a small strand, I observed Glaucium 

 luteum. Euphorbia paralias, Linum angustifoUum ; and a little far- 

 ther, Filago germanica, Echium vulgare, Verbena officinalis, Verhas- 

 cum thapsus, Rubia peregrina and Liula crithmoides. Opposite 

 Youghal occur Fceniciilum vulgare and Calamintha officinalis, and, as 

 in many other places previously, horse-radish has here established 

 itself. Verbena officinalis and Calamintha officinalis are distinctly 

 southern plants in Ireland, and are known to occur in many Cork 

 stations, at which county I had now arrived. This county has 

 been well explored by numerous botanists ; and here I left the 

 coast, and took a passage on the steamer up the Blackwater, 

 to Cappoquin, and thence to Dublin. 



In the appended systematically-arranged list of my obser- 

 vations, I have included localities noticed in the spring of the 

 present year between Courtown and Arklow, as well as those 

 already referred to in a Paper of mine in the " Journal of Botany." 

 The plants enumerated are brought together to display the species 

 which prefer the margin of the sea, as well as new localities for 

 the rarer sorts ; and, for facility of reference, I have included all 

 the less common species observed. 



