A BOTANICAL RAMBLE ALONG THE SLANEY. 841 
heavy swamps by the river, and these last two sedges appear 
profusely in deep water-courses running from the railway to the 
river farther on. Deep and treacherous bog-holes and swam 
a time, I plunged again into the marsh, which was chiefly 
composed of Rumea Hydrolapathum, Arundo Phragmites, Pedicularis 
palustris, and Scirpus lacustris. This was a little past Edermine 
Station. Here also was abundance of Solanum Dulcamara and Carex 
paniculata with its dense tussock-forming roots. Typha latifolia, 
Carex vulpina, C. ampullacea, Equisetum maximum, Lycopus europaeus, 
and Scrophularia aquatica were also comman. The first genuine 
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flat estuary. 
July 7th. Having passed the night in a comfortable hotel at 
and along an embankment, making my way to Raven Point. 
waste ground across the ferry I noticed Apium graveolens, Senebiera 
Coronopus, Ranunculus sceleratus, Stachys arvensis, Leontodon hirtum, 
* Cichoriw +Tavatera arborea, and the sand-hill form of 
Cichorium Intybus, {Lav Janes eye -cgime acne’ 
hern side, Juncus acutus occurs for the first time; 
Juncus maritimus, Scirpus Savii, Potamogeton pusillus, and Blysmus 
rufus occur close by. Amongst the sand-hills at Raven Point 
I observed Habenaria viridis, Viola Curtista, Gentiana campestris, 
Euphorbia portlandica, Epipactis palustris Phi arenarium, 
Samolus Valerandi, Festuca uniglumis, Ly arvens akile 
There were sheets of the 
maritima, Eryngium maritimum, &e 
handsome Epipactis in flower, and it reappeared frequently as far 
as Cahore Point. At Curracloa Juncus acutus 18 plentiful, and its 
with alternating bands of black 
and green. Here there is a large floating bog overgrown wit 
eeds and aquatic plants. I discovered that it was floating only by 
ather Sium angustifolium, when 
I immediately shot through the raft. With ‘Sium, Rumex Hydro- 
