Orobanche minor, L. in Co. CorkAuthor(s): R. A. PhillipsSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1893), p. 23Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25520306 .

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Notes. 23

going down to Omeath, if I would look on Carlinlgford Mountain for P.

caleareum, as it had been found there by some gentlemen from Rostrevor, and he could not understand its presence there. I was, of course, able to explain thle miatter, and 1 write this note to let it be known, througlh the medium of the Irish Naturalist, that P. caleareurn, if found on Carling ford Mountamn, is not indigenous.-W. F. JoHNsoN, Arniagh.

PHANERO GAMS. Plants Still Flowering In Mid-November. -On November I3th,

Dr. Scharif and I went for a ramble along the Upper Dodder, between Tallaght and Fort Bridge, ,through the Ballinascorney Gap, and across Mount Seskin to " Embankment." We found quite a surpnsing number of species still in flower at that very advanced time of year, long after the end of the ordinary flowering-period. The following is the list:

Ranuntculus bulbosus, R. flammula, Pleseda luteola, Barbarea vulgaris, Nasturtiumb

ojjicinale, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Sisymbrium offjcinale, Brassica nigra, Carda mine hnrsuta, Polygala vulgaris (purple flowers), Arenarsa serpyltifolia, OCr astimn sernidecandrumit, Bubus fruticosus, Potentilla rejtans, Alhekinilla vualpris, Ulex europreus, Trifo6tum procumibens, T. minius, T. pratense, Pimpinella sat t fr-aga, Daucus carota, Gerauut robertearum, Sherardia arventzs, Carduus laml

ecolatus, C. palustris, Matrzcarac inodora, Hleraciam sp., Achtdlca millefoliuma, Bellis perennis, Seneeio jacobcea, S. vulgaris, Centaureca nigra, Erigeron acre (ex tremely abundant), Lapsana comnmunis, Sonchus oleraceus, Jasio?ne montana, Chiloraperfoliata, Origanum vulgare, Lamiumalbum, Teucriumscorodonia, Veronttea

chamedrys, V. montana, Erica cinerea, Anagallis arvensis, Myosotis versicotor. The continuance in flower of such a strikingly large number of species is really a fact of much interest, and a striking commentary on the character of our climate.-E. 3. MI'WEzNvY, Dublin.

Allium scorodloprasum, L. In Co. Cork.-Asthisisoneofthe rarest of Irish plants, and hitherto recorded only from Killarney and Foaty (" Cybele Hibernica "), it may be worth noting that in the summer of I89o I found it plentiful in the woods at Castlefreke, Rosscarbery, and again this year whilst botanising with the Cork Naturalists' Field Club on lst August, it formed the " find " of the day, growingin great profusion in the woods near Bantry.-R. A. PHILrIPS, Ashburton, Cork.

Orobanche minor, L. In Co. Cork.-This plant is recorded in "Cybele Hibernica" as an introduced plant in two stations rather close together, i.e., Aghada and Trabolgan. From observations made during the last few years, I amn inclined to think that, though it may not be entitled to rank as a native plant, it certainly deserves a place among the established species. It occurs in many widely-separated districts in this county, plentiful in some, and scarce in others. In the district around

Clonakilty it seems to be most abundant, occurnrng not alone in recently cultivated clover fields, but almost as plentifully in pastures which have not been ploughed for many years. It also occurs in old pastures near Eiastferry, Midleton, and at Youghal. Last year it was most luxuriant in a newly-planted field of Trifoliump ratense near Cork, but although the cicver had not been disturbed, the Orobanche did not appear this year. R. A. Pniijips.

Whlte Centaury (Erythrea centaurlum). As noticed in the Irish Naturalist (vol. i., p. I68), this is rather an uncommon plant, but nu

merous specimens may be found on the headland of Currabenny, Cork Harbour, along with that beautiful little plant the Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), which grows here in great abundance in July and August.-A. N.

AnEBOT, Cork.

I believe white Centaury is local rather than rare. There is a small mill-stream at Ballyhyland, along the lower part of whose banks all the Centaury is white, while that which grows in the field above is of the usual pink. Not far away are some dry, stony fields, in which both pink

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