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Epilobium alsinefolium in Co. Leitrim. 



Since there is apparently no note of this plant's having been gathered 

 in its only Irish station since its discovery by Messrs. Barrington and 

 Vowell twenty-one years ago, a note of its distribution as seen last 

 August may be of interest ; especially since its quantity as now observed 

 is considerably greater than the note of the finders {Proc. R.I. A. (2), iv. 

 (Science), p. 505). would indicate — on which account I need not hesitate 

 to specify the locality where it grows. The Report on the Flora of Ben 

 Bulben, &c,, states " 1,000 feet. Seen only in two places on the Glenade 

 cliffs, both close to each other. In one locality there is a large bed of 

 it, and it is scattered in patches along a small stream." I found it ex- 

 tending for half a mile along the low cliffs in the townlandn of Crum- 

 paun, Moneengaugagh, and Carrowduff. It may extend further east- 

 ward and westward, as my exploration of this part of the Glenade cliffs 

 did not reach beyond these townlands. It occurs at frequent intervals 

 along this scarp. At the eastern end it ascends a small stream (as 

 described above), attaining an elevation of about 1,200 feet. Elsewhere 

 it occurs in large colonies in dripping rocks, growing among the 

 Cochkaria alpina and Chrysospleiiiuin oppositifoliiun with which they are 

 hung. It also follows the rills down their course over the talus, below 

 the cliffs, and I found the plant browsed by cattle as low down as 700 

 feet. The Irish plant is a desideratum in most herbaria, and I shall be 

 happy to send a specimen to any botanist who needs it for his 

 collection. 



R. L1.0YD Prae;ge:r. 



Dublin. 



Matricaria discoidea in Co. Cork. 



Early in August last I found this colonist, as we may now call it, by the 

 roadside between Carrigrohane and Ballincollig ; since then I have noticed 

 it growing abundantly in a market field at Midleton, and freely on waste 

 ground and roadsides at Little Island. Judging by the freedom with 

 which it grows in these widely separated localities I have no doubt that 

 it will be found in similar situations, if looked for, in other parts of the 

 county. 



This plant, though first noticed in Ireland as recently as 1894, is now 

 known to be abundant in many parts of the country from north to 

 south, but it can hardly have spread to all localities from one centre and 

 it would be of much interest to trace its origin or manner of introduction 

 in different districts. 



In most of the places in which I have seen it I think it is probably a 

 product of the miscellaneous collections of seeds and waste corn sold 

 everywhere in recent years as poultr}- food ; though at Limerick, where 

 it seems at present confined, with many other aliens, to a disused quarry, 

 it has most likely sprung from the sweepings of flour mills which are 

 sometimes deposited there. 



R. A. PHir,T,iFS. 



Cork. 



