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the County, and he therefore, when criticising the previous 

 records, inclined to the view that it was " probably " introduced. 

 Mr. Moore also records Anchusa sempervirens, L., from a wood 

 near Bangor. 



Another interesting Down find, which I recorded in the Irish 

 Naturalist for July, was Galium Crua'ata, Scop. This plant was 

 discovered at Annadale by one of our members, Rev. W. P. 

 Carmody, M.A. This makes the second station for the County. 

 It grows on waste ground on an old roadway, and forms one large 

 circular patch. I have been informed that a former Club member, 

 Mr. T. J. Abraham, gathered specimens of this cross-wort from 

 the same habitat some years ago. But, if so, he made no public 

 note of the find, and Mr. Carmody's re-discovery was quite inde- 

 pendent, and the first authenticated record. Another plant 

 recorded for County Down by Mr. Carmody {Irish Naturalist, 

 October, 1908,) was Plantago media, L. It was found in Belvoir 

 Park by Miss Florence Wilson. This is, of course, an introduced 

 plant, but one which seems to be spreading in Ireland. It had 

 previously been recorded for Down by Mr. J. H. Davies, who 

 found it at Lenadergin 1903 (see Irish Naturalist, October, 1903). 

 Mr. N. Carrothers also found Plantago media in the early summer, 

 in some abundance, on waste ground at Stranmillis. This is 

 apparently the second authentic record of the plant's existence in 

 County Antrim ; Miss M. C. Knowles having already noted it 

 from Ballymena. 



Mr. C. J. Lilly, of Lame, made one of the most interesting 

 County Antrim finds (see Irish Naturalist, August, 1908,) of the 

 year. This was the discovery of the Bear-berry, Arciostaphylos 

 Uva-ursi, Spreng, on Skerrywhirry, a basaltic escarpment north- 

 east of Glenwhirry. This is now the only station where it is 

 known for certain to occur in north-east Ireland. At the former 

 solitary station, on Fair Head, the plant has not been seen since 

 1837. Among other interesting plants of secondary importance 

 noted by Mr. Lilly on Skerrywhirry was Vicia Orobus, D.C., thus 



