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local species occur plentifully, but they are not plants of mountain 

 districts. Again, the ■wooded river banks in Tollymore Park contain 

 some interesting hawkweeds, but the mountain lakes are most unpro- 

 ductive, as they usually are in granite districts, whereas in other 

 formations the cliffs surrounding these usually yield some alpine 

 rarities. 



Plants of the Mourne and Carlingford Mountains, arranged in 

 descending order : — 



Slieve Donard, 2796 feet. 



Viola sylvatica. Fries. 



Galium saxatile, Linn. 



Potentilla tormentilla, Linn. 



Empetrum nigrum, Linn. To 1800 feet on Eagle Mountain. 



Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. 



Vaccinium myrtillus, Linn. 



Salix herhacea, Linn. On Slieve Bingian, Slieve Bearnagh, and Slieve 

 Commedagh ; lowest on Carlingford at 1850. 



Carex pilidifera, Linn. 



Festuca ovina, Linn. 



Luzula sylvatica, Bich. 



Lycopodium alpinum, Linn. On Slieve Commedagh and Slieve Bear- 

 nagh ; lowest at 2000 on Carn Mountain. 



Slieve Commedagh, 2450 feet. 



Vaccinium vitis idcea, Linn. Lower limit at 1800 feet on Slieve 



Bearnagh, and 1900 feet on Slieve Donard. 

 Campanula rotundi folia, Linn. 



Slieve Commedagh, 2350 feet. 



Saxifraga stellaris, Linn. To 2000 feet. 

 Luzula campestris, D.C. 

 Scirpus ccespitosus, Linn. 



Slieve Bearnagh, 2310 feet. 



Leontodon autum7ialis, var. taraxiea, Sm. 

 Solidago virgaurea, Linn. 1500 feet on Carlingford, &c. 

 Melampyrum pratense, Linn. 

 Polypodium vulgare, Linn. 

 Aspiditcm dilatatum, Sw. 



Zycopodiiim selago, Linn. Descends to 1500 feet on Carlingford, and 

 1100 feet on Slieve Martin. 



Slieve Commedagh, 2250 feet. 



Carex sp. not in flower on north side ; probably C. fava, Linn, (not 

 C. rigida). 



