Barrington and Vo well — On Flora of Ben Bulben, 8fc. 501 



specimen with these, doubts were expressed about its being accurately 

 named, and it was then forwarded to Mr. A. Bennett of Croydon, who 

 kiadly examined it. He says : " With respect to the Ben Bulben 

 rupestns, it is a pity the specimen is so young (gathered in May), but 

 there is a character of rupestris it shows under a half inch, i. e. * stigma 

 distinctly notched' " (Syme's Eng. Bot.). Babington, in his 8th ed., 

 does not mention this character, nor does Hooker in the Studenfs 

 Manual. Fries says, '■'■ Stylo Tier i^stigmatisuhpunctiformiP JStAqx incana 

 he says, '■'■ siliculis saepe tortisJ'' Everyone seems to mention this cha- 

 racter — yet my sheets are conspicuous by its absence. Syme says of 

 rupestris, the pods never twisted, and always with stellate pubescence 

 on them ; while Dr. Lange says, in Conspectus Florm Grcenlancliecej 

 "■ Siliculis minoribus, lanceolatus (glabris stellatis, pilosis)." There 

 is one character of this specimen of rupestris I do not like, and that is 

 the rootstock — to my eyes it is much too mca?2«-like. On the whole, 

 while I do not like to say it is not rupestris^ so I cannot say it is 

 rupestris. You must search for this form in a later state. I have just 

 looked at Hartman's Handbook^ i. Scand. Flora, and he repeats Lange's 

 observation, " glatta ell hariga," so that there is no certainty about 

 the hairiness of the pod ; it may be hairy or not. 



Many of the Ben Bulben specimens of B. incana have no sign what- 

 ever of the pod twisting. The pods of Scotch specimens of B. rupes- 

 tris examined are covered with stellate pubescence, and are a marked 

 contrast to the glabrous pods of the Ben Bulben B. rupestris, and 

 even to the pods of B. eonfusa, Ehrh., from the same district. 

 The root-stock of the Ben Bulben plant is so like B. incana that the 

 species should not be retained in the Irish List until better specimens 

 are forthcoming. 



During the first visit of Messrs. Corry and Dickson to Ben Bulben, 

 dwarf specimens of B. incana were collected, which at the time were 

 taken for B. rupestris, but the error was corrected by Prof. Babington. 

 The specimen mentioned by Mr. Hind as growing in soil obtained from 

 Ben Bulben (see Jour. Botany, vol. ix., p. 325) is not B. rupestris, 

 but B. verna. This specimen is in the herbarium of Trinity College, 

 Dublin. 



Capsella lursa-pastoris, Moench. — Common along roads at a low 

 level. 



YlOlAOE^. 



Viola palustris, Linn. — Frequent in bogs. 

 ,, sylvatica, Fries. 1700 feet. — Frequent. The form riviniana, 

 Beich. 

 [ ,, canina, Auct. — No specimen was gathered]. 



DEOSEEACEiE. 



Brosera rotundifolia, Linn. — Scarce ; seen only in one or two bogs 

 on the hills. 



