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Rubia peregrina (Linn.) — Sandeel Bay, south of Fetliard, on the pro- 

 montory of Hook, Wexford ; on all the promment bluffs and head- 

 lands on the Waterford coast. 



Valerianella olitoria (McBnch.) — A dwarf form flowermg in early spring ; 

 grows abundantly on the sand-hills of Wexford, at Courtown, and 

 elsewhere. It occurs similarly in Donegal, usually in company 

 with Cerastium tet7'ancliwi, G. semidecanclrum, Draha verna, and 

 Saxifraga tridactylites. The latter two, though occurring inland, 

 do not appear to prevail on the south-eastern coast. In the 

 north-west their ranges are reversed, and apparently confined to 

 the coast, or nearly so. 



Dipsacus sylvestris (Linn.) — Duncannon in Wexford; at the town of 

 Waterford. 



Eupatorium cannaUnum (Linn.) — Baginbun, near Fethard in Wexford, 

 and along the steep Waterford coast near Ballyvoyle Head and 

 Stradbally, and elsewhere. 



Aster trifoUum (Linn.) — Frequent. 



Solidago virgaurea (Linn.) — Helvick Head, Ardmore Head, &c., along 

 the Waterford coast. 



Inula crithmoides (Linn.) — Greater Saltee Island, and Hook Head at 

 the extreme- point, plentifully, in Wexford ; frequent along the 

 "^Vaterford coast. 



Pulicaria dysenterica (Goert.) — A very plentiful and characteristic species 

 on damp, sandy pasture in many places. 



Matricaria inodora (Linn.), var. maritima.- — Common. 



Diotis maritima (Cars.) — Sandy coast below Lady's Island Lake, and 

 Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford, extending for about an English 

 mile. Also found at Tramore, Waterford. 

 \Artemisia absynthimn (Linn.) — Nethertown and Lady's Island, Wex- 

 ford ; more frequent on the Waterford coast. Never in unques- 

 tionable localities. 



Filago germanica (Linn.) — A frequent sand-hill species, especially 

 common about Eosslare in Wexford. 



F. minima (Fr.) — Very plentiful, with the last at Eosslare. 



Senecio jacobaa (Linn.), y&v. flosculosus. — Cahore Point, Eosslare, and 

 " Bar of the Lough," on the Wexford coast. 



S. sylvaticits (Linn.) — Frequent on the moors along the Waterford coast. 



Carlina vulgaris (Linn.) — Cahore, Eosslare, and Crossfarnogue in 

 Wexford ; Stradbally in Waterford. 



Centaurea scabiosa (Linn.) — Bannow Island, and near Fethard in 

 Wexford ; Ardmore Head in Waterford. 



