1903. 



Prakgkr. — The Flo7'a of Clave Isla?id. 



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600 



The wet association is dominated by Sphag7tum and Scirpus 

 ccsspitos2is, and contains also — 



Poteutilla Tormentill a. Kuphrasia ofl&cinalis. 



Drosera rotundifolia. Empetrum nigrum. 



Calluna (very starved . Narthecium ossifragum. 



Pinguicula vulgaris. Eriophorum angustifoliuin. 



Several of the above-named plants range high for such an 

 extremely exposed summit. As regards the upper limits of 

 lowland plants, only a few observations were made, but con- 

 sidering how the great exposure depresses the range of the 

 vegetation, the following may be worth mentioning: — 



Angelica sylvestris, . . 1,200 feet. 



Cnicus pratensis,' . . 1,000 ,, 



C. arvensis, 

 Salix cinerea, 

 Scirpus fluitans, 

 Carex paniculata, 



lyiST OF THK F1.0RA. — In enumerating the flora of Clare 

 Island, I shall adopt the method most saving of space — to list 

 the plants in columns, with no further comment than the 

 figure or letter which follows each. The figures i, 2, 3, are 

 used when the species were seen in only one, two, or three 

 stations on the island ; r. signifies rare ; /. frequent ; c. com- 

 mon ; v.c. very common ; /. local. For convenience of statis- 

 tics, only species and sub-species (according to the standard 

 used in Irish Top. Bot.) are included in this list, varieties being 

 separatel}^ dealt with below. 



Anemone nemorosa, I. f Sisymbrium officin- 

 Ranunculus hedera- ale, 2. 



ceus, c. Brassica campestris, c. 



Flammula, c. Sinapis,/. 



alba, c. 

 Capsella Bursa-pas- 



toris, /. 

 Senebiera Coronopus, c. Arenaria peploides, r. 

 Raphanus Raphanis- Sagina maritima,/. 



repens, c. 



acris, r. 



Ficaria, 3. 

 Nuphar luteum, i. 

 Nympbsea alba, i. 

 Fumaria confusa. 2. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi, f. 

 Cerastium tetrandrum,/ 



glomeratum,/. 



triviale, /. 

 Stellaria media, / 



graminea,/; 



uliginosa, / 



trum, 3. 



Nasturtium officinale,/. Viola palustris, c. 

 Cardamine pratensis, /i Riviniana, c. 



hirsuta,/. 



flexuosa, i. 

 Cochlearia officinalis, c. 



danica, 2. 



Polygala vulgaris, 1. 



serpyllacea,/. 

 Silene maritima ,^. 



acaulis, i. 



procumbens, c. 

 Spergula arvensis, v.c. 

 Spergularia salina, i. 



rupestris, c. 

 Montia fontana, c. 

 Hypericum Androsae- 

 mum, 3. 

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