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 496 ]"JIBISH PLANTS COLLECTED IN JUNE, 1896. By the Rev. E. S. Makshall, M.A., F.L.S. On the 9th of this month I revisited Clonbur, on the borders of W. Gal way and E. Mayo, in order to study afresh one or two doubtful plants seen in 1895, which Dr. Shoolbred and I had been unable to deal with in our recent paper (see p. 250) ; particularly an Allium from the limestone, which I hoped to find in flower. Unfortunately the season was even drier than last year, the vegetation being mostly burnt up and withered ; however, this proved not to be an unmixed evil, as the brambles were, in general, sufficiently far advanced to afford fairly good material. While waiting for a train at Claremorris, eji route for Dublin, I came across a few things of some interest. The last three days of the short trip (ending on the 18th) were spent at Wexford. Mr. H. C. Hart carefully worked the neighbouring coasts and the Slaney Valley in 1881 and 1883, and Messrs. Barrett-Hamilton and Moffat have recently (1893) contributed an essay on * The Characteristic Plants of Co. Wexford' to the Irish Naturalist; for the loan of these papers I am much indebted to Mr. E. Lloyd Praeger. The immediate vicinity of the town appears to have been hitherto but little examined, and during my brief stay I was fortunate in meeting with several rare or critical species. This part of the county should repay a closer search ; it is especially rich in brambles, judging by the great variety met with on my only inland expedition. My thanks are due to Mr. Arthur Bennett for general help in determining difiScult specimens ; Mons. F. Crepin has seen some of the Roses, and the CharacecE are vouched for by Mr. H. Groves. Nearly all the Rubi have been scrutinized by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, who found among these several which were quite new to him, two or three of them being not improbably undescribed forms. The figures prefixed are those of the Cyhele Hihernica; 4 standing for Co. Wexford, 8 for W. Galway, and 9 for E. Mayo. ,a^u .W- Ranunculus Baudotii Godr. 4. Ditches near the S,Ei.^^i^of- Wexford Harbour, N. of Rosslare. '^^^^^ V^ ixi9j;p'j-(t ps Fumaria coufusa Jord. 4. Roadside, Rosslare.' — F.^muralis Bonder. 4. Hedge opposite Crossbridge Cemetery, near Wexford. Coclilearia anglica L. 4. The form of this which grows abun- dantly on the S.E. shore of Wexford Harbour is very untypical, and agrees well with Hooker's description of var. Hortii Byme; but of that plant I have not yet seen authentic specimens. The C. danica of the same locality is quite normal. ^^' •^'- ^" ^ ■*"*<^^ ^ Raphanus maritimiis Sm. 4. With 0. angliedm^^^^^o^;''^'^^^^ scarce. r'oiL) juodfi anonpe^ti 8J snia io (vjpji'ujv /•- ■■<<:-i J. Polygala oxyptei^a-^^ilb}y: *^. Hiil-^p^^ttref^bovia Lou^ Cortrib, about four miles W. of Cong. 9. In a similar situation, but on limestone, S. of Cong. Gerastium ^^«mwc^?-Mm Otirt. 8, 9. Locally abundant on limestone (apparently flooded in winter), S. of Lough Mask. '^"^'^^^"'" "^-^-"^'