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of Vinca major grew b}' the roadside, between Clonderlaw 

 House and Labasheeda. At lyabasheeda I^avatera grows near 

 cottages. 



The flora of the gravel shore is ver\' similar to that on the 

 Limerick side of the river. Ranunculus sceleratus, Cochlearia 

 anglica, Apiitm graveolens, (Enanthe cvocata, CE. Lachenalii, Arte- 

 misia maritima, Sonchus arvensis, Aster, Glaux, Statice rarifloray 

 Beet, Junciis mavitimus, J. Gerardi, Cavex extcnsa, C. vulpina, 

 and Glyceria maritima were all noted. Linum angustifolium 

 grows plentifulh- on the verges of the cliffs, and with it Chlora 

 perfoliata, the Bee Orchis, and others. Vicia angustifolia, 

 whose title to a place in the county list has hitherto rested on 

 a record from the Aran Islands, is common ever3'where along 

 the shore, both here and also on the islands. Althcea officinalis 

 grows in several spots, generally near houses. On a high 

 bank at Aillroe Beg, Filago germanica and Senecio sylvaticus 

 were growing together, and nearer Killadysert Clematis 

 Vitalba, Efipactis latifolia, Veronica montana, and Peplis Portula, 

 all hitherto considered rare in South Clare. 



In Effernan Bog we got Hypericum elodes, Drosera anglica, 

 D. intermedia, Myosotis repens, Pinguicula liisitanica, and Utri- 

 cularici minor. 



On walls by the roadside, near Paradise House, Cystopteris 

 jragilis and Polystichmn aculeatum grow luxuriantly. At 

 Graggykerrivan we saw Sisymbrium Alliaria, another plant 

 whose only previous Clare record is the Aran islands. Verbena 

 officinalis and Convolvulus arvensis. 



The crag-land between the road and Killone Lake gave us 

 Arabis hirsuta, Geranium columbiniim, G. lucidum, Poterium 

 Sanguisorba, Rubia peregrina, Euphrasia Salisbiirgensis, and 

 Orobanche HedercB. We had little more than half an hour b}^ 

 the lake, yet it yielded Myriophyllum spicatum, Lysimachia 

 vulgaris, Solanum Dulcamara, Riimex Hydrolapathum, Hydro- 

 cluiris Morsus-rancB, Lemna trisulca, and Potamogeton dccipicns, 

 enough to make us wish for time to explore further. 



This completed our work in 1907. The weather had been 

 very unsatisfactory, and as August was too late in the season 

 for the plants we were seeking, we planned a further expe- 

 dition for the following June, which fortunately we were able 

 to carry out. 



