A BOTANICAL RAMBLE ALONG THE SLANEY. 839 
Carex pulicaris, C. stellulata, C. flava, C. ovalis, C. vulg 
C. glauca, C. panicea, C. hirta, and C. acuta ; the two latter were 
the last to appear, ranging from about Coolmoney to Baltinglass, 
near which the last disappeared. As the river widened and 
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Davistown I gathered Equisetum hyemale in two or three places, 
and on tho edge of a corn-field Lamium intermedium. This part of 
the river is of little interest and no beauty, and the inn at the 
town of Baltinglass —— I nh compelled to pass the night will 
by no means invite a second vi 
On the 18th of J thes ‘T iowa the left bank of the river, which 
had now assumed considerable dimensions. Close to the village is 
E. parviflorum) line the borders, while in the gira itself 
Potamogeton crispus and P. heterophyllus (scarce) appear in company 
with the large-flowered water-crowfoot, Ranunculus “Aori bundus. At 
Tullow, where I < i for a time, the scenery becomes prettily 
more agree 
und and 
able. In the  piighbousont of Carlow, about nine miles west- 
ward, I noticed Anthriscus vulgaris, Huonymus europaus, and Orchis 
pyr ambdalis, 
On the 5th of July I resumed my walk along the left bank of 
the river at Tullow. Here sedges have almost entirely dis appeared. 
A ore below Tullow I observed Orchis pyramidalis, Arabis hirsuta, 
arvensis, Potamogeton lucens, Festuca arundinacea, Lepidium 
le of miles lower, _ 
ame neulus ss jtercin fills the stream in still 
places with its miata “of Fiateusel) ae ianapeiioed green. At 
Aghade the woody banks by the Slaney present a more varied 
a interesting ree vr sean are tangled with Rosa arvensis 
n the ditch-banks Kquis maximum an 
the eye, while both the hare shield-ferns, Polystichum sdegeeeiad 
(rarely) and P. angulare, ar et a met with. At Ballint e the 
hrow . 
shelter-loving vegetation. Notwithstanding a ‘set apes notices 
to trespassers, I thought this the most interesting reac e 
river ; Tt must be a ath spot for the angler, while the sides of the 
The 
leaves of which are so a a : 
aside, in the shade, Alliaria officina 
plentiful ; — si RO i te Eupatoria, Malwa moschata, 
and Carew levigata were also gathered here; in my opinion the 
