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
_Alisma Damasonium_, Star-headed Water Plantain:--in a pasture near
Temple-oge in Dublin.
_Allium vineale_, Crow Garlic:--above Island Bridge, and in some
meadows near Bally Griffin, in Fingall.
_Anthyllis vulneraria_, Kidney Vetch or Ladies Finger;--on dry hillocks
near the Bay.
_Asperula odorata_, Woodroof:--among bushes between Ropers Rest and
Mount Jerom.
_Asplenium Ruta muraria_, White Maiden-hair, or Wall-Rue:--at Tallagh
Castle and Ball's Bridge.
_Aster Tripolium_, Sea Starwort:--underneath the Black Rock.
_Brassica oleracea sylvestris_, Sea Cabbage:--on sea cliffs.
_Chrysanthemum segetum_, Corn Marygold:--near Iniscore Hill, and in
Patrick's Well Lane, Dublin.
_Chrysosplenium oppositifolium_, Common Golden Saxifrage:--near
Harold's Cross.
_Cochlearia anglica_, Sea Scurvy-grass:--among the short grass below
the Black Rock.
_Cochlearia danica_, Danish Scurvy-grass:--near Ringsend.
_Cochlearia officinalis_, Garden Scurvy-grass:--on the coast.
_Cotyledon Umbilicus Veneris_, Navel-wort, Kidney-wort, or Wall
Penny-wort:--on old buildings at Mitchel's-town, and on the wall of a
ruined Church at Lucan.
_Crambe maritima_, Sea Colewort:--on the sea beach near Dunleary.
_Drosera longifolia_, Long-leaved Sundew: near Edenderry.
_Empetrum nigrum_, Black-berried Heath, Crow or Crake-berries:--on
mountainous heaths.
_Erigeron acre_, Blue-flowered Flea-bane:--in a dry hilly pasture
facing the huts at the Black Rock.
_Eryngium maritimum_, Sea Holly or Eryngo:--Dublin.
_Erysimum cheiranthoides_, Treacle Wormseed:--about Temple-oge.
_Euphorbia hyberna_, Knotty-rooted Spurge:--on mountainous districts.
_Euphorbia paralia_, Sea Spurge:--on the sandy shore between the Warren
House and Rahany.
_Fucus palmatus_, Handed Fucus:--on rocks about Dalkey Island.
_Geranium sanguineum_, Bloody Crane's-bill:--in a close near Simon's
Court.
_Glaux maritima_, Sea Milkwort or Black Salt-wort:--above Bally-bough
Bridge near the rivulet.
_Hieracium murorum_, French or Golden Lungwort:--under a hedge on
Iniscore Hill.
_Lathræa Squamaria_, Toothwort:--on the sea shore between Dunleary and
Newton.
_Linum perenne_, Perennial Blue-flax:--on the lands of Simon's-court.
_Lysimachia tenella_, Purple Money-wort:--in a rotten spongy pasture
beyond Simon's-court and at Rathfarnham.
_Lithospermum officinale_, Gromwell:--at Iniscore Hills and above
Palmerstown Mills.
_Lycopodium clavatum_, Common Club-moss:--on mountains.
_Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus_, Daffodil:--in closes near Clontarf, the
Hill of Howth, and near Doulack's Well.
_Ophioglossum vulgatum_, Adders-tongue:--in moist places.
_Orchis pyramidalis_, Purple Lake-flowering Orchis:--on dry sea banks
between Newtown and Dunleary.
_Ornithogalum luteum_, Yellow Star of Bethlehem:--in a low meadow
between Finglass Bridge and Drumcondra.
_Osmunda Lunaria_, Moonwort:--on the hills, and in the pastures of
Palmerstown.
_Polemonium cæruleum_, Great Valerian:--at Rathfarnam.
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