The Scientific Tourist through Ireland: in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesqueWalford, Thomas
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The Scientific Tourist through Ireland: in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesque
Walford, Thomas
Ireland -- Description and travel
_Dryas octopetala_, Mountain Elder:--on hills near passage into the
upper lake at Killarney.
_Echium italicum_, Wall Viper's Bugloss:--in sandy ground in Ballyheigh
Bay near Ferrit.
_Equisetum hyemale_, Rough Horsetail or Shave-grass:--in a bog through
which the river Buck runs near Lixnaw.
_Eryngium maritimum_, Sea Holly or Eryngo:--on sandy shores.
_Euphorbia hiberna_, Knotty-rooted Spurge:--on the mountains.
_Galeopsis villosa_, Hairy Dead Nettle:--in fields near Castle Island.
_Geranium maritimum_, Sea Crane's-bill:--on the strand of Tralee.
_Geranium moschatum_, Musk Crane's-bill or Muscovy:--on the abbey walls
of Lislactin.
_Geum rivale_, Water Avens:--on the hills near the passage into the
upper lake of Killarney.
_Herniaria glabra_, Smooth Rupture-wort:--on Lamb-head near the mouth
of the river Kenmare.
_Hieracium paludosum_, Succory-leaved Hawkweed:--in Ballybog.
_Ilex Aquifolium (baccis luteis)_, Yellow-berried Holly:--on mountains
near Lough Lane.
_Inula crithmoides_, Golden Samphire:--on rocks near Bolus-head in
Iveragh, and elsewhere.
_Jungermannia epiphylla_, Broad-leaved Jungermannia:--in a wood near
Beal Castle.
_Juniperus communis_, Juniper:--on the mountains.
_Juniperus Sabina_, Savine:--in islands at Killarney.
_Lepidium latifolium_, Dittander or Pepperwort:--near the head of
Kenmare river.
_Lichen islandicus_, Eryngo-leaved Liverwort:--on the mountains of
Iveragh near Blackstones.
_Lichen tartareus_, Welch Liverwort, Cork or Archill:--on rocks on the
sea coast.
_Lycopodium alpinum_, Mountain Club Moss:--on the mountains of Toomesh
and others near the Lake of Killarney.
_Lycopodium clavatum_, Common Club Moss:--on the southern districts on
the mountains.
_Lycopodium Selago_, Upright Fir Moss:--on Mangerton and most other
mountains near the Lake of Killarney.
_Ophioglossum vulgatum_, Adder's Tongue:--in moist meadows.
_Osmunda crispa_, Stone Fern:--on rocks among mountains in the southern
baronies.
_Osmunda regalis_, Osmund royal or Flowering Fern:--in bogs of
Irachticonnor; in a wood near Lixnaw and elsewhere.
_Paris quadrifolia_, Herb Paris, True-love, or One-berry:--in the wood
near Ross Castle; near the Lake.
_Peucedanum officinale_, Hog's Fennel, Sulphurwort:--on the shores of
Ballyheigh bay.
_Pinus Abies_, Common Fir or Pitch Tree:--in the mountains.
_Pinus picea_, Yew-leaved Fir:--in the mountains.
_Pisum maritimum_, Sea Pease:--on Inch Island in Castlemain bay.
_Polemonium cæruleum_, Greek Valerian, or Jacob's Ladder:--near Castle
Island, in meadows.
_Polygonum Bistorta_, Greater Bistort or Snakeweed:--in a park near
Tralee.
_Polypodium fragile_, Brittle Polypody:--on Mangerton mountains.
_Polypodium fragile γ_, a variety of the last; on the south side of the
rocks called the Reeks.
_Polypodium rhœticum_, Stone Polypody:--on several mountains round the
Lake of Killarney, near the new road to Glanerough.
_Pulmonaria maritima_, Sea Bugloss:--on the beach near Beal Castle.
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