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Dr. Dickie has kindly sent us some specimens of the 

 supposed Carex irrigua from Glen Columbkill, which we 

 are compelled to refer to C. limosa. 



26. C. strigosa (Huds.) — Loose-flowered Sedge. 

 Districts -2P3 4 5-----1112 

 Lat. 51°-54°. South ? East, and North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Moist woods and hedges ; rare and very local. Fl. May, 

 June. 



2? In Dunscombe's wood, near Cork; Drummond. Mr. 

 Carroll has not succeeded in finding C strigosa, and fears 

 that C. sylvatica was mistaken for it. — 3. Dunmore woods, 

 Queen's-county ; Machay Bar. — 4. Plentiful at the Dargle ; 

 Wade Bar. and Flor. Hib. — 5. Luttrell's-town wood (Wood- 

 lands !) ; Wade Bar. At Marino, near Dublin ; Machay Bar. 

 Gurragha; Wade Bar. — 11. Near the town of Donegal, 

 between it and Mount Charles ; Prof. Dickie. — 12. Several 

 .places near Belfast. By the Forth river, near the bridge 

 on the Fall's road; Blackstaff-lane ; Colin Glen! on the 

 Knockagh ; "Woodbum Glen ; Crawfordsburn ; near Shane's 

 Castle ; at Glenarm ; Flor. Ulst. 



As with many other of the scarcer species, the distribution 

 of this Carex inclines to the east and south of Ireland, with 

 the exception of a single locality. 



27. C. pendula (Huds.) — Great pendulous Sedge. 

 Districts -2-45---- 10 -12 

 Lat. 51°-54°. South, East, and North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Moist woods and ditch-banks ; local, and rather rare. Fl. 

 June. 



2. Dunscombe's "Wood, near Cork ; Drummond and /. C. 

 Glenbower Wood; KUleagh; Flor. Cork. Castle Hyde, 

 near Fermoy ; Mr. T. Chandlee.—r4.. Solsborough, Wexford ; 

 Mr. J. Morrison. — Powerscourt Woods ! and other places in 

 Wicklow; Flor. Hib. — 5. Foot of the Dublin Mountains; 

 banks of the canal from Portobello to Dolphin's-bam ; Santry 



