B42 A BOTANICAL RAMBLE ALONG THE SLANEY. 
lapathum is also abundant ; and on dry banks near by are Listera 
ovata and *Pastinaca sativa. Near this, by the shore, amongst 
ed 
Convolvulus arvensis. At Ballyconigar or Blackwater Head, a 
higher eminence in the marl-bank, south of a small stream, I first 
met with Mathiola sinuata. It was in full bloom, and the hoary 
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glaucous foliag a beautiful contrast with the rich purple 
bloss , which is one of the rarest Irish plants, was 
previous] from this locality. By the small stre 
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I noticed Chlora perfoliata, Equisetum Moorei, Gnaphalium germani- 
cum, and Poa aquatica. About four and a half miles north of this 
point, near Tinnyberna, on a headlan the sea, I met with 
Mathiola sinuata again, with Silene anglica. Reseda lutea, Torilis 
nodosa, Carduus nutans, and Stachys arvensis, all rare plants in 
Ireland and not previously noticed in this locality.. Here I struck 
three or four miles inland, and obtained accommodation for the 
night at Kilmuckridge. 
July Made my way down to the coast by the small stream 
running south from Kilmuckridge. About a mile from the shore 
I noticed Carex ovalis, and a little lower down is a colony of 
I again noticed Orobanche minor. This clover, apparently native, 
is one of the most abundant plants all along these marl-banks both 
outside and upon the boundary ditches; and the appearance of the 
