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the first white variety of it which had ever been discovered. As this is 

 the plant which gives so marked a feature to the Flora of the north-west 

 of Ireland, I felt desirous to inform myself on the peculiarities of its 

 habitats, and of the extent of its distribution. Respecting the latter, I 

 traced it, during my last visit, from the top of Carrowmore Lake to 

 Achill Sound ; and I have been told by others that it occurs occasionally, 

 in more or less quantities, along the shores of Clew Bay, by "Westport, 

 on to Roundstone, in the county of Galway, where it was first found, 

 and where it disappears. It skirts along the sea-shore all the way, 

 never, so far as I could observe, growing at a greater distance than three 

 miles inland from the sea, and in greatest abundance close to it. The 

 wettest parts of the bogs appear to be its favourite spots. When it 

 grows on the sides of low hills, it is nearly or altogether confined to the 

 margins of rills of water which descend from the high grounds, and 

 along the shores of Carrowmore Lake it only grows where it is partially 

 covered with water during the winter. 



On passing over the bogs, I observed large quantities of Pmguicula 

 lusitanica, Centunculus minimus, Anagallis tenella, and, in some places, 

 Hypericum elodes. The pools were blue with the beautiful flowers of 

 Myosotis ccespitosa, and the margins of their banks black with Schcenus 

 nigricans. Ferns were scarce, and only few species, Osmunda regalis 

 being the prevalent kind. On the wet banks of the Owenmore River 

 Aspidium oreopteris occurred in several places, along with Habenaria 

 chlorantha. The small lakes were also unproductive of rare plants. 

 Eriocaulon septangular -e having been one of those I wanted specimens 

 and plants of, I could not find a trace of it in Erris, though I visited 

 many of the lakes there ; but as soon as I approached the verge of the 

 county of Galway, I got it. My investigations do not lead me to believe 

 this curious plant grows farther north than Castlebar, if it reaches even 

 so far. Connemara is its chief locality, where it grows in nearly every 

 lake and pool 



After hastily examining the west and south parts of the county, I 

 proceeded to Killala, on the north side, where a large portion of the land 

 is arable, and the species of indigenous plants increase considerably; but 

 nothing either very rare or new to the Flora of this country was ob- 

 served by me among the pheenogamic plants during this hasty visit. 

 From Killala I went along the coast by Lackan to Dunfeeny, where I 



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