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IVIontia fontana, L.— Var. minor common ; var. rivularls onl}- 

 once seen. 



Alchemilla vulgaris, L.— Rare on the island. A. alpestrls Sclini. 

 was the prevailing form, but A. pratensis Schm. also occurred. 



Rulbus. — Onl}' a limited amount of attention was given to the Brambles. 

 R. pllcatus and R. rusticanus were frequent. Of some half 

 dozen selected specimens gathered and submitted to Mr. Rogers, the 

 fact that two of them prove to be R. pulcherrlmus and three 

 Rj iricus may be taken as showing that these two forms, the latter 

 of which appears to be endemic in Ireland, are also frequent. 

 Another interesting gathering was unfortunately mixed ; Mr. Rogers 

 writes : — " Stem piece looks like R. Selmeri^ while panicle strongly 

 recalls the R. Lettii of Cos. Down and Armagh, and may belong to 

 that" 



Saxlfrag^a declplens, Bhrh.— The Clare Island plant is a very hairy, 

 strong-growing tufted form. Mr. Bennett writes that he places it 

 under S. decipiens Ehrh. = 6'. hirta Smith non Haworth, and that in 

 his opinion it is too strong a form to go to spotihemka^ as I had 

 suggested. The segregate S. decipiens is hitherto in Ireland recorded 

 from Kerry only. 



Wlyriophyllum alterniforuin, DC. — Only in mountain rivulets at 

 the western extremity of the island. 



CEnanthe crocata, Iv. — Common, but generally with both leaves and 

 flowers utterly destroyed by some insect pest, we could not determine 

 what. 



Bellis perennlSy L. — Abundant only in ground formerly cultivated. 



Matricaria discoidea, DC. — This alien was the first plant to greet Ug 

 on our arrival at Westport. It never left us on our 12-mile drive 

 along the southern shore of Clew Bay, and saw us off at Roonah 

 Quay. At Clare Island Quay it welcomed us an hour later, and when 

 we again reached the mainland at Achill Sound it was waiting for us. 

 On Clare Island it has spread for about ♦ mile along the several roads 

 leading from the Quay. 



Arctium Newbouldli, Ar. Benn. (^.«^/w;www Bab, «(?«. Ivej.) Burdocks 

 were quite immature at the time of our visit, but by the kindness of 

 Mr. M'Cabe of Clare Island I received in September an enormous plant 

 in fruit, which I despatched to Mr. Bennett. He writes regarding 

 it: — "The specimens are A. neviorosnm Bab. «<7;? Ivejeune = ^, 

 Newbouldxi viiht. Some years ago my friend Beeby got I^ejeune's 

 type sent to him, and he had it photographed. It was a poor 

 specimen, but still we thought it sufficient to say that Newbould and 

 Babington's nevioroswn\ is not it. The English Botany figure of 

 A. nemorosum (Syme E.B. 3 ed., t. 701) is merely A. intermediutn Lange ! 

 Lange, Beeby and I had a lot of correspondence, exchange of 

 specimens, &c., in this genus. liangeCffand. Dansk. Fl., ed. 4, p. 357) 

 identifies^, nemorosum Lejeune Fl. Spa,, 1813, with his Lappa {Arctirwi) 

 intermedia 1843, and I believe he is right. Lange remarked of 

 specimens sent to him oi'' A. nemorostan Bab. , not of Lejeune .? " *• I 



