A BOTANICAL RAMBLE ALONG THE: SLANEY. 8438 
also Kquisetum maximum, Carex riparia, and Rubus casius. A little 
north of Morris Castle is a lonely marshy lake studded with islets, 
the breeding haunt of many wild-fowl, as terns, teal, ducks, 
C. vu 
here abundantly. About a mile beyond Morris Castle sand-hills 
again occupy the coast-line, and with these reappears Juncus acutus 
Vv int it r 
hills I gathered Epipactis palustris, Equisetum Mooret, Euphorbia 
portlandica, E. Paralias, Thalictrum minus (var. maritimum), Liubus 
casius, Festuca uniglumis, Triodia decumbens, eum arenariwn, and 
other sand-hill plants in plenty. out half a mile south of 
oasts; this forms an intermediate station. Between this an 
Courtown the coast is for the most part low and sandy, and yields 
nothing worthy of note. Thalictrum maritimum occurs in many 
places; in the demesne at Courtown Carex pendula is common. 
Between Courtown and Gorey I gathered T'rifolium medium. From 
ublin. 
July 11th. After a couple of days I resumed my walk at 
Courtown, a pretty little bathing-place with a small harbour and 
an open sea. By the shore, along sand-hills, Hippophae rhamnoides 
ing in some places impervious 
thickets. It extends for about three-quarters of a mile north of 
Courtown Harbour, fringing the sea-edge of the Earl of Courtown’s 
demesne, and ceasing there, with the exception of a small isolated 
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at. Raven Point, eland,’ by A. G. More, p. 28). 
Soldanella in beau- 
Carex pendula and C. remota 
occur, while Vicia sylvatica covers and decorates the banks of 
brambles along its sides. By the shore north of this, near Bally- 
money, Cynoglossum officinale and Viola Curtisii occur commonly. 
