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have photographed the Atropis Foiicaiidi, which was in fine 

 flower here, was a serious omission. Our photographer (Dr. 

 Fogert}), and R. A. Phillips, who had joined us for a couple 

 of da3'S, marooned us on Feenish and went on to Coney Island 

 to photograph the i\tropa. 



Feenish is rocky, with a ruined castle upon it, which perhaps 

 accounts for the Cardmis Maria7ius and the Maha sylvcstris. 

 It also has other plants of interest, as our list shows, the Dog- 

 wood being the most important. We did not notice this shrub 

 on any of the other islands. 



When the tides did not suit for the islands we spent the 

 days exploring the mainland. hS. Rineanna Point, the flat 

 but rocky promontor}' which defines the eastern side of the 

 Fergus estuary, we collected Ai'abis Inrsuta, Spindle-tree, 

 Gejanmm cohwibimim, Rosa imwluta var. Doniaiia (a new 

 C'lare record), and Eicp/wasia Salisburgensis. On the shore, 

 Carex extensa and Lcpturits filifoimis, neither previousl}^ noted 

 from the Clare side of the Shannon estuar}'. Near some 

 cottages we found Marmbium viilgare, and on a bank by the 

 roadside Scdum albuvi was thoroughl}^ established. In a pond 

 at Ballycally we got CallUiiche platycarpa and Chara hispida. 

 Ginanthe Phellandrhim, growing in the water, with a group of 

 rocks for a background, made us regret the camera left 

 behind. 



Cragbrue, near Lough Cullane, gave us Euphrasia Salis- 

 burge7isis. At Magh Adliar we gathered Ranunculus Auricojnus 

 in the crevices of the rocks, and on the hoary cahir at Cahir- 

 calla, Saxi/?'aga hypnoides. At Ballycar station, Diplotaxis 

 imiralis, Liimm angiisfi/o/ium, and Linaria viscida were grow- 

 ing on the line. 



Ballycar Lake is an uninteresting sheet of water, but near 

 it we got Galium uliginosum^ a new Clare plant, and Rhamnus 

 cathartictis grows in a lane hard by. 



After a vain attempt to penetrate the marsh left by the 

 drainage on the shores of lyough Fin, we climbed the craggy 

 hill above it, finding Galium sylvestre, EupJu-asia Salisburgensis, 

 Epipaciis alro-7-ubens, E. latifolia, Ophrys apifcra^ and Seslcria 

 co'rulca. Lunch hour found us on the banks of the charming 

 ArdsoUus River. The nooks secluded between the willows 

 and the bubbling stream shone with flag flowers rising from 



