_Menyanthes trifoliata_, Buckbean:--on bogs. _Osmunda regalis_, Osmund Royal, or Flowering Fern:--near Ballycaroge. _Peucedanum officinale_, Hog's Fennel, or Sea Sulphurwort:--in the barony of Gualtier. _Polemonium cæruleum_, Greek Valerian, or Jacob's Ladder:--on a bank of the Blackwater between Cappoquin and Lismore. _Polygonum Bistorta_, Greater Bistort or Snakeweed:--on Slatwood-hill near Lismore, and Tallow. _Solidago Virga aurea_, A variety of common Golden Rod:--on Cushean-hill near Dungarvon. _Spiræa filipendula_, Dropwort:--on Cumeragh mountains. WESTMEATH Is an inland county, not very large, but extremely rich in verdure, mostly flat, though in some places pleasingly intersected with hills, many of which are finely wooded. In short, if not so picturesque as many other districts, yet the tourist will not be in want of subjects for his portfolio, as it contains many lakes pleasingly fringed with rich plains and wooded scenery. Bounded N. by Cavan; E. by Eastmeath; S. by King's County; W. by Roscommon and the Shannon; and N.W. by Longford. ATHLONE, 20 m. S.W. of Mullingar, stands pleasantly on the Shannon, with fine scenery, particularly in Lough Ree. Formerly rich in antiquities; but almost all destroyed by fire in the civil wars, though now a town of considerable extent, and nearly in the centre of Ireland. In the town there is a strong Castle defended by numerous guns. See the pontoon or floating bridge, consisting of between 30 and 40 boats. Examine chalybeate spa. Many beautiful prospects between this and Ballymenach. Inquire for ruins of Monastery at Drumrany, or Drumrath; also at Kilkenny West, a small village. At Maghretibot, or the Field of Theobald, see the field of battle where Sir Theobald de Verdon fell in a contest with the Irish clans. Moatagrenoge, 8 m. S.E., has an excellent inn as a station for those who wish to explore this district, where there are the ruins of numerous old Castles, a good modern Ch., a seat of Lord Sunderlin at Ballinabon, and the venerable remains of Garey Castle. BALLYMORE, midway between Athlone and Mullingar, has several objects worth seeing. Village small. Ch. neat: ruins of Castle; also of Killinney Castle near it. Lough Scudy has on its banks the ancient Monastery of Plassey.