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is closelj' grazed and much cut up with walls, but the low cliffs 

 along the shore carr\' what appears to be some original copse, 

 in which we particularly noticed the large size attained by the 

 Spindle-tree. Teasel, Vervain, Mullein and Malva sylvestrls, 

 with the Atropa, formed an interesting group below the ruins 

 of the old churches, of which there are two, one founded by 

 St. Brendan, 550 A.D. Amongst other plants which we noted 

 on this island are Papaver sormiiferum and Carex divutsa, new 

 Clare records; Ai'adis hhsuta, Poly gala vulgaris, Are?iaria 

 serpyllifolia, Hypej'icum AndroscBmumy a few small plants of 

 H. humifusum, Vicia augustifolia^ V. hirsuta, Rosa rubigijiosa^ 

 Caucalis nodosa, Rubia peregrina^ Valcria,7iella olitorla, Anten- 

 jiai'ia dioica, Carlina vulgai'is, Leontodon hirtus. Primula acaiilis, 

 Chlora ptJ'foliata, Arum mac2ilattcm, Ophiys api/era, Habenaria 

 conopsea, Bromus sferilis, and Polypodium vulga7-e, var. serratum. 



We had landed on Deer Island in August, 1907, but it was a 

 terribl}^ wet day, and the state of the tide only left us a short 

 time for exploration. Sloping from the hilltop to the southern 

 shore is a rich crag pasture very like the best grazings in 

 Burren, but we found little on it — Arabis hirsuta, Sedum acre^ 

 Carlina vulgaris^ and Parietaria officinalis were the onlj^ species 

 noted. In the swamps, Carex cxtensa, C. distans and Hoideum 

 sccaliimm grew abundant!}'. 



By the shore we collected CEnaiithc LacJienalii, Riippia ros- 

 t el lata, and Atropis Foucaudi. 



A long row brought us to Coonagh Islands, which are un- 

 grazed, but not in the tide-way. The higher centre carried a 

 Qxo"^ oi Arrhenatherum avenaceum^ Lotus corniculatus, Silver- 

 weed, Cow-parsnep, Anthriscus sylvestris, Rumex crispus, and 

 Tfitieum pungens. On the shore. Cochlearia a^iglica, Aster, 

 Statice rarijlora, Glaux, Artemisia maritima, Plantain, Glyceria 

 sp ?, and Festuca rubra. 



The neighbouring Brechinish is reached by cattle at low 

 water, and produced nothing distinctive. 



Landing on Ing Point, a long hot walk over the sloblands 

 yielded only Ativpis Foucaudi, which occurs everywhere on 

 these salt marshes and most abundantly on the salt meadows 

 outside the embankment at Inishmacnaghtan. 



Inishmacnaghtan is islanded merely by narrow creeks. Its 

 western end is a hill, but the bulk of it is corcass. Not to 



