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storksbill {Erodium moschatuni), in a shop in the town, and 

 exhaustive enquiries and search after its habitat were made 

 without result ; at the last moment it was stated that the plant 

 grew in a garden about a mile from the town. At half-past 

 six the return journey was commenced. A momentary stoppage 

 at Ballyknowe enabled the botanists to note two more plants, 

 the toad-flax (Linaria vulgaris) and a rather rare spurge 

 {Euphorbia exigua). At Downpatrick the Club's carriages 

 were hitched on the main line train, and Belfast was duly 

 reached at 8.30. 



