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Height in ft. B. & V. Corry's heiglit. 



Lastrea aemula (At. British), — 950-300. 



Adiantum capillus- veneris (At- 

 lantic), .... 700 about. 



Hymenophyllum wilsoni (At. 



Highland), ... 1850 



Irish : — 



Arenaria ciliata, . . . 1950-1200. 1850-1400. 



Cochlearia alpina, 1900-1000 (1200 Corry) ; Poly gala grandiflora, 

 1200-(1175 ?-900 Corry); Pyrus rupicola, 920, and Melampyrum 

 montanum, 2100, are not placed under types by Watson. 



The following thirty-two species are new to district 9 of the Cyhele 

 IIil)ernica : — 



fEannnculus pseudo-fluitans, Hieracium caesium, var. smithii. 



(E.. penicillatus of Corry's List). ,, pallidum. 



Sagina apetala. Polygonum terrestre. 



Prunus cerasus. f Salix alba. 



Geum intermedium. f ,, purpurea. 



fRosa arvensis. f ,, smithiana. 



Epilobium angustifolium. | ,, herbacea. 



,, alsinifolium. jTaxus baccata. 



Myriophyllum spicatum. f Orchis incarnata. 



CEnanthe crocata. fListera cordata. 



Yeronica hederifolia. Epipactis latifolia. 



Galium sylvestre. Carex paniculata. 



Centaurea cyanus. f ,, rigida. 



fMelampyrum montanum. ,, strigosa. 



Hieracium angiicum — var. acuti- ,, hornschuchiana. 



folium. Bromus commutatus. 



,, murorum. fEquisetum maximum. 



Those marked with an asterisk (f ) are recorded in Mr. Corry's List. 



The most interesting plant discovered was Upilohittm alsinifolium, 

 an alpine species not previously found in Ireland. Alchemilla al- 

 pina is recorded in the Flora Sihernica as having been gathered on 

 Ben Bulben, but no botanist has observed it recently, though A. con- 

 juncta has been gathered, doubtfully wild, in the vicinity of the 

 mountain. lycopodium alpinum is stated to have been gathered '■'■ on 

 the mountains of Sligo " by Mr. J. Wynne, but it was not seen. 8axi- 

 fraga nivalis, which grows nowhere else in Ireland, is confined to one 

 spot, and is now reduced to about thirty plants. Saxifraga oppositi- 

 folia there is no danger of exterminating. Poa alpina occurs on the 

 summit of Annacoona, Ben Bulben, and in a few other places. Thalic- 

 trum alpinum, though confined to one very limited area, is difficult to 



