102 Proeefidings of the Royal Irhh Academy. 



APPENDIX. 



Species previously recorded as occurring in, Rathlin, hit not seen there ly 



8. A. Steivart. 



Eanunculus sceleratus. 



In Dr. Marshall's list ; but certainly not now on tlie island. 



Draba verna. 



In Miss Gage's list. Possibly the stunted form of Arabis tha- 

 liana that grows very sparingly on tbe south end of the island 

 was mistaken for this. D. verna has been found near the Giant's 

 Causeway, but there is no likely habitat in Rathlin. 



Draba muralis. 



Miss Gage's list. An error ; not native in Ireland. 



Brassica oleracea. 



Among stones on the beach, Church Bay. — Miss Gage. Doubt- 

 less escaped from cultivation. The cabbage is occasionally met 

 with in a pseudo-wild state on the sea-shore. 



Crambe maritima. 



" At Church Bay, Island of Rathlin." — Mr. Templeton. Long 

 since extract on Rathlin. Mr. Templeton's note on this plant is 

 as follows : — " Gravelly shore at Church Bay in Rathlin Island. 

 Inserted on seeing it in Mr. Gage's garden in Rathlin, who 

 transplanted it from the shore, where it is now destroyed, 

 1794."— Templeton MSS. 



Elatine hexandra. 



In Miss Gage's list. A plant likely to occur in the large lake 

 at Ushet, but I did not find it. 



Silene armeria. 



" Not frequent." — Dr. Marshall's list. A garden escape. 



Malva sylvestris. 



'' On one of the hills on the north shore." — Dr. Marshall's list. 

 This was Lavatera arborea. 



Malva rotundifolia. 



In Misa Gage's list ; also in Plora of Ulster. No doubt correct ; 

 but this is a plant that is decreasing in frequency in the north of 

 Ireland. I do not know of its existence now anywhere in county 

 Antrim. 



