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PLANTS FOUND NEAK KILMANOCK, CO. WEXFORD. 87
He was an occasional contributor to tlie new series of tlie
' Phytologist ' and other Journals, and in 1840 published a
Manchester Flora, entitled 'Flora Mancunieusis' ; but his published
matter represented a very small part of his writing ; it was in the
form of letters that he preferred to exercise his pen.
The death of Dr. Schimper was a great blow to him, and
seemed to accelerate the failure of his own health, already declining.
He lost his old energy, and his sight became so impaired that the
use of the microscope, and finally of books, became impossible.
But to the last he felt a lively interest in what others were doing,
especially in the Manchester Cryptogamic Society ; he loved to
recapitulate stories of old rambles, and adventures, and disputations
of former days ; and an excellent memory which still served him
well was always ready to recall the past and portray in picturesque
language the doings in which he had taken a part.
H. BOSWELL.
PLANTS FOUND NEAR KILMANOCK, CO. WEXFOED.
Bv G. Bareett- Hamilton and L. S. Glascott.
During the past year (1889) we have continued our botanical
excursions into the counties surrounding Kilmanock and Alderton.
The extent of country covered by these expeditious has been much
larger than in the years 1887 and 1888, extending from Inch in
the north to Carnsore in the south of Wexford, and including also
a portion of Kilkenny and Waterford. The results have, however,
been much less than before, especially as the weather has been
very unfavourable for botanical expeditions. Nevertheless, a few
additions to the districts of the ' ' Cybele Hibernica will be found in
the following list. When a plant is new to a district an asterisk is
prefixed. We have again to offer our hearty thanks to Mr. A. G.
More for the great assistance which he has rendered us, and also
to Mr. C. B. Moffat, of Ballyhyland, Co. Wexford.
In the County of Wexford, District 4 —
:
Lepidium Smithii Hook. About Chapel Station.
\lleseda lutea L. One fine plant in the middle of a field on
Fisherstown Hill, near Alderton.
Viola Cnrtmi Forst. Rosslarc and Duncannon ; plentiful.
Lychnis vespertina Sibth. About Fethard and Carne.
Malta moschata L. At Inch and Camolin Stations. — f-1/.
riituntlifolia L. Near the extreme end of Carnsore Point.
TrifoUum fraciifomn L. Near *' The Pill,"''= Alderton.
I^ijipuris rulr/ari.s L. This plant seems rare in the county. The
only localities at present known for it are— (1.) At Kilmanock, in
two different places ; (2.) In the Pill of Rathdooney, Eosslare.
* The term "Pill" is locally applied to the brackish creeks through which
email streams discharge themselves into the estuary.