A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ts supply to a certain extent the requirements ofthe calcicole plants, without excluding the species of calcifugeproclivities, and the flora of Antrim is therefore not so dis-tinctly calcifuge as that of Down. Still, of the ten â ^calcicole Aplants of Cybele Hibernica, only three occur:âGeraniumlucidum is widely spread; Orchis pyramidalis grows onchalk rubbish near Lisburn (the only limestone plant,apparently, brought in by the girdle of Chalk which fringesthe basalt escarpment); Carlina vulgaris occurs sparinglyon sea-sands, as in Down. O
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . ts supply to a certain extent the requirements ofthe calcicole plants, without excluding the species of calcifugeproclivities, and the flora of Antrim is therefore not so dis-tinctly calcifuge as that of Down. Still, of the ten â ^calcicole Aplants of Cybele Hibernica, only three occur:âGeraniumlucidum is widely spread; Orchis pyramidalis grows onchalk rubbish near Lisburn (the only limestone plant,apparently, brought in by the girdle of Chalk which fringesthe basalt escarpment); Carlina vulgaris occurs sparinglyon sea-sands, as in Down. Of ^calcicole B plants, all thespecies already listed for Down occur, except the introduced Botany. 117 Verbena; and in addition, Poteriuin Sangtiisorba andGalium boreale are found. A number of other Antrimplants absent from Down are usuallyâat least in Irelandâfound in limestone districts : Cerastium arvense. Parnassia palustris. Arenaria verna. Myriophyllum verticillatum. Hypericum hirsutum. Carex. muricata. Vicia Orobus. Lastrea R. Udch. Photo. A TYPICAL ANTRIM GLEN, SHOWING BASALTIC CLII-FS AND STEEP SLOPES. We now proceed to list the rare plants of the district inthe Natural Order, with brief indications of their range andfrequency. In the selection of the plants, regard has beenpaid to the frequency of their occurrence both in Irelandand in Great Britain. Rare Plants of Down and Antrim. Thalictrum dunense Dum.âD., Dundrum andBenderg Bays; A., Ballycastle, Portrush. Ranunculus circinatus Sibth.â D., Canal at LoughNeagh ; northern limit in Ireland; a Central Plain plant. 118 Guide to Belfast. R. fluitans Lamk.âA., Six-mile River; only Irishstation. tPapaver hybridum L.âD., Killough and westward;Groomsport, Holywood. Meconopsis cambrica Vig.âD., Rostrevor; A., FairHead, Garron Point. Glaucium flavum Crantz.âD., South half of coast;northern limit in Ireland. Fumaria pallidifloraytir^.âCommon in bothcounties. F. muralis Sinider.âD., Saintfield; A., Rat
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