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This is probably a distinct species from the English hare. (See Jenyns's 

 Manual of Vertebrate Animals, p. 35.) 



Amphibious Animals. — i?ana temporaria, common frog, v. c, said not to 

 be indigenous, but introduced in 1669. (See Jenyns's Manual of British 

 Vertebrate Animals, p. 300.) 



A List of Species of Plants observed in Connamara, in August 1835; including 

 only those considered worthy of notice, either from their rarity, or other causes. 

 Where no station is given, the species occurred throughout the district, r, 

 rare. 



Ranunculus Lingua, Ma'am. iVymphae x a alba, Oughterard, confined to 

 limestone. Fiola palustris, in the bogs, very common. Drosera rotundi- 

 folia, r.; longifolia; anglica, very common. Silene anglica, Oughterard, in 

 corn fields. .Hypericum Jndrosae N mum, Lenane; humifusum, Oughterard; 

 elddes, in the bogs ; pulchrum, Lenane. U s lex europae v us, common in 

 all parts of the district, except near Clifden, where it is rarely found ; nanus, 

 Clifden and Roundstone, common. Cytisus scoparius, Tully. THfolium 

 filiforme, Lenane. i?ubus carpinifolius, Ma'am ; Kce'lhen var. fusco-ater, 

 Ma'am. Potentilla Comarum, Oughterard. Circae v « lutetiana, Lenane. 

 Sedum Rhodiola, Shanafolia Mountain, r. tfaxifraga Geum, just below a 

 small waterfall, on the second brook crossed on the road from Ma'am to 

 Lenane ; umbrosa, on all the mountains ; stellaris, Shanafolia Mountain, r. 

 Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, Lenane, near a small waterfall above Mr. 

 Joice's house. Fedia dentata, Oughterard, in a corn field; auricula, 

 Oughterard, in a corn field, a new plant to Ireland, ^4'ster Tripolium, 

 Lenane. Gnaphalium sylvaticum (3 rectum, Oughterard and Ma'am. 

 Bidens tripartita, banks of Lough Corrib, near to Oughterard. i/ieracium 

 umbellatum?, on the banks of Lough Corrib, near Ma'am (I cannot refer 

 this plant to any other species ; but it does not agree well with this) ; 

 paludosum, on the mountain behind the inn at Ma'am. Dortmanna la- 

 custris, in all the lakes. Gypsocallis mediterranea, in Glan Iska, Urrisbeg. 

 i?rica Mackaidna, Craigha Moira, near Roundstone ; Tetralix and cinerea, 

 common, and peculiarly fine. Calluna vulgaris, common, and very fine. 

 Daboe^dtf jooliifolia, on all rocky spots at the lower levels, from near 

 Galway to the Atlantic : it does not occur at the tops of the hills. Arc- 

 tostaphylos U v va-ursi, Tully. Gentidna campestris, Oughterard and Ma'am, 

 ikfyosotis caespitosa, Ma'am. Digitalis purpurea, Oughterard. Veronica 

 montana, on the mountain behind the inn at Ma'am, r. Scutellaria minor, 

 Oughterard. Pinguicuiagrandifiora; lusitanica, Urrisbeg, near Roundstone. 

 Utricularia intermedia, in the ditches in deep bogs, particularly near 

 Oughterard, it does not flower ; minor, near Oughterard, with the last. 

 JCysimachia vulgaris, on the banks of Lough Corrib, near Ma'am ; nemorum, 

 on the mountain behind the inn at Ma'am. Glaux maritima, Lenane. 

 Armeria maritima, Lenane. Plantago Coronopus, Lenane. iJumex ob- 

 tusifolius, Ma'am ; crispus, Ma'am, tfalix fusca /3 repens, fusca e inCu- 

 bacea, both at Ma'am ; ambigua, Tully ; aquatica, oleifolia, and aurita, all 

 at Ma'am. Jvmiperus nana, Shanafolia Mountain and Urrisbeg. Habenaria 

 chlorantha, Ma'am, ./uncus obtusiflorus, common in the bogs. Luzula 

 sylvatica, Shanafolia Mountain and Lenane. Eriocaulon septangulare, in 

 all the lakes, tfparganium natans, Oughterard. ^choe^nus nigricans. 

 Rhynchospora alba ; fusca, common in the bogs near to Oughterard. 

 Cladium iliariscus, in very small patches on the borders of many of the 

 lakes. Eleocharis palustris, in the bogs ; paucifiora, forming a large por- 

 tion of the herbage on heathy ground. £cirpus setaceus, Oughterard ; 

 Savi?, Oughterard, Ma'am, and Lenane. Carex pulicaris, Ma'am ; stellulata, 

 Ma'am ; ovalis, Ma'am ; muricata, Oughterard ; binervis, Oughterard and 

 Ma'am ; joanicea, Oughterard and Ma'am ; recurva, Oughterard; caespitosa, 



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