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been an error in transcribing the list sent to Mr. Mackay, for 

 Mr. Templeton was not a man who would give his authority 

 for what he did not know, nor would any of his family contri- 

 bute intentionally to an error, however trifling. The north- 

 ern habitat therefore rests on the authority of Wade's 'Plantae 

 Rariores.' 



p. 219. Mr. Tighe, in the statistical account of Kilkenny, 

 mentions Thymus Acinos, wild basil, as found there. It had 

 been previously mentioned by K'Eogh and Threlkeld. There 

 can scarcely be a doubt that it was an introduced plant ; but 

 Sir W. J. Hooker has it as found in cultivated fields, though 

 rare in Scotland ; and why not admit it on such combined 

 authority into the Irish Flora ? It is now called Acinos vul- 

 garis. The hedge hyssop (Gratiola) was said by K'Eogh to 

 be wild on the Burren mountains, county Clare ; but the 

 notice is confined to him. Has this district been thoroughly 

 examined by any competent botanist ? It is, I think, lime- 

 stone, and chiefly retained as sheep-walk, so as to have been 

 less cultivated than other parts; it might therefore be ex- 

 pected to have some rare plants, especially as Connemara, 

 the Arran Isles, Kerry, &c, lying near the Atlantic, have been 

 so productive of them. Gratiola officinalis is found in moist 

 places in several parts of Europe, as far north as Denmark ; 

 and G. linifolia, a native of Portugal, differs little from G. 

 officinalis, except in being smaller, and its leaves linear and 

 entire. Portugal is nearly in the same longitude, and has 

 the same exposure to the Atlantic as the west of Ireland. 



p. 231. Scleranthej; or Paronyche/E. — Dr. Smith, in 

 his e Kerry/ mentions Her niaria glabra as found at Lamb's 

 Head, mouth of Kenmare river. Mr. Mackay has borne testi- 

 mony to the correctness of this author in instances which came 

 under his notice ; it is probable, therefore, that he was correct 

 in this, as neither the place nor the character of the plant 

 would lead us to think it introduced or confounded with 

 another. Two species of Herniaria have been established by 

 Mr. Babington, and admitted by Sir W. J. Hooker: H. glabra, 

 found in Jersey and Guernsey ; H. ciliata (separated from the 

 other), found near the Lizard Point, Cornwall. This species 

 might be the one found near the mouth of Kenmare river. 



p. 240. Ceratophyllum demersum. The northern habitats 

 for this plant in Mr. M.'s Flora are " Near Killaleagh, Isle of 

 Rathlin and Lough Neagh — Mr. Templeton." There has 

 been some mistake, originating perhaps in the substitution of 

 N for L. It should be, " Isle of Rathlin, and Lough Leagh, 

 near Killaleagh." Mr. Templeton, on whose authority the habi- 

 tats are given, found it at Rathlin, 1 795, and at L. Leagh, 1804. 



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