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Kenmare, some good species were collected. Perhaps the best 

 gatherings, however, were made during a walk down Bantry Bay, 

 past the foot of Sugar Loaf mountain, through Adrigole, past the 

 base of Hungry Hill to Castletown, and from small lakes near 



of the latter locality. In returning to Kenmare 



the coast S.W. of the latter locality. 



a brief stay was made at Cloonee Lough in driving rain, which 



resulted in the collection of some interesting species. 



"Washings and squeezings from submerged plants such as the 

 following were found to yield many of the smaller species: 

 Nymphcea, NupJiar, Myriophyllum, CeratopJiyllum, TTtricularia, 

 JZriocaulon, Lobelia, Callitriche, Scirpus jluitans, Chara, Nitella, 

 Sphagnum subsecundum var. contortum, S. cuspidatu?n var. 



Hypnum scorpioides, H. 



cifoli 

 Itifidi 



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paper, for without his valuable help its appearance would cer- 

 tainly have been considerably delayed. I have also to thank him 

 for his careful work in the execution of the Plates. My son 

 Wm, West has also rendered considerable help in the literary work 

 of this paper. 



As the collections were practically all made in two distinctly 

 separate districts of the W. of Ireland, the prefixed Romau 

 numerals L and II. are here used to denote the Northern 

 (Galway and Mayo) and Southern (Kerry and Cork) districts 

 respectively. 



One dagger (t) prefixed to a species indicates that it is new to 

 the British Isles as far as I can ascertain; two daggers (ft) 

 indicate that it is hitherto undescribed. Asterisks denote sub- 

 species. 



Although the list is very extensive and has entailed a great 

 amount of work, I do not consider the material to be exhausted. 



A very interesting feature of these gatherings ha3 been the 

 refinding of a large number of the species previously found by 

 Archer, many of which are from other districts. 



