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E. Clayton Browne— 4;- Sandhills north of Arklow ; A. G. M. Dis- 

 trict 11. Near Kindrum Lake, Fanet, Donegal; H. C. Hart. 



Oymnadenia.alUda (Kich.) — 6. Two miles north-west of "Woodford, 

 Galway f M: Dowd. — 9. Bruse Hill, near Mohill, Leitrim; the late F. 

 J. Foot. 



Meotinea intaeta (Reich.) — 6. Has been gathered every year since 

 1864 in the original locality, but has not yet been found anywhere else 

 near Castle Taylor, except in the one large pasture field in which it was 

 first disco Y-ered. District 9. On the north-east shore of Lough Corrib, 

 not far from Cong, April, 1 872 ; D. M. Flowers early, commencing at 

 the end of ApriL 



Sdbena/ria hifolia (E. Br.) — 4. Marshes near Newcastle, "Wicklow ; 



A. G. M 7. Near Parsonstown ;. M. Dowd. This appears to be a 



scarce plant, while H. chlorantha is very frequent, especially in 

 heathy districts, ascending to 700 or 800 feet. 



Ophrys apifera (Hnds.) — 4. Sandbanks at Kiltennel and Courtown, 

 "Wexford ; Miss E. M. Farmer. 



Spiranthes autwmnalis (Eich.) — 1. Three Castle Head, Cork; T. 

 Chandlee. — 2. Near Lecky, and by the Blackwater, "Waterford ; Eev. 

 T. Allin. 



Spiranthes Roman%oviana (Cham.) This is the name now adopted by 

 Prof. Asa Gray, and Dr. Hooker, in preference to S. gemmipa/ra. The 

 plant still grows in many of the meadows and pastures near Castle- 

 town, commencing to flower from the middle of July. 



Listera cordata (E. Br.) — 4. On the mountain side south of Lough 

 Nahanagan, "Wicklow ; A, G. M.— 5. Kelly's Glen; C. Ball.— 11. Hills 

 near Eathmullan, Donegal ; H. C. Hart. 



Neottia Nidus-mis (^^ioh.) District 7. "Woods at Eockingham, Eos- 

 common; D. M. District 9. Hazlewood, Sligo ; D. M. District 11. 

 Ards woods, Donegal ! M. Murphy. 



Epipactii latifolia (All.) District 11. Mount Charles, Donegal; 

 H. C. Hart. 



Cephalanfhera eiisifoUa (Eich.) — 1. "Wood near Lickeen House, at 

 head of Lough Carragh ; Dr. Battersby. "Wood by the Kenmare road 

 from Killarney ; A. Balfe. Near Derrycunihy cascade ; A. G. M. 



Malaxia paludosa ( S \y.) — 5 . Marshy places about Kelly's Glen, along 

 the Eiver Dodder; Templeton. — 12. Bog on Fair Head, Antrim; S. A. 

 Stewart. 



^Sisyrhynchiun aneeps (Lam.) S. Bermudiana (Linn.) — 6. Abun- 

 dant in marshy meadows and pastures along the river on both sides, for 

 four miles, from Woodford to Eossmore, forming conspicuous blue 

 patches among the grass, and with every appearance of a native. Also 

 in fields by the road from "Woodford to Portumna, and on a hill half a 

 mile N. E. from Woodford; M. Dowd, and Prof. E. P. "Wright, 1870. 

 The plant grows here in such profuse abundance that it seems hyper- 

 critical to challenge its indigenous origin ; still, when we see how in- 

 explicably it has originated, how abundaat it has become within a few 

 years, and what a strong hold it has taken of the ground at Brisbane, 



