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and the Lady Fern, Hymcnophyllum unilaterale. Saxifraga 

 umhrosa, for instance, grow luxuriantly, and Oxalis Aceto- 

 sella, Scilla nutans, &c., occur. 



2. The great gully on the northern shore called Foilbeg. 

 Here are a couple of springs, and some shelter ; also steep 

 rocks where the sheep do not penetrate. Valeriana offici- 

 nalis, Spiraea Ulmaria, Lychnis Flos-cticuli, Scilla nutans, 

 Orchis incarnata, Ajuga re plans are characteristic of this 

 place. 



3. The flat hollow between the ring-forts and the Signal 

 Tower. There is some depth of peat here, and such plants as 

 the Cotton-grasses, Peplis and Narthecium can survive. 



4. The beach below the village, with its sands and sand- 

 topped rocks, yields a few arenicole species. 



5. The cultivated area. The non-native flora, which 

 constitutes about 20 per cent, of the flora of the island, is 

 practically confined to this limited area. 



As regards Beginish, being low and flat it is much moister 

 than the Great Blasket, and after the arid slopes of the 

 larger island it was delightful to walk over the fresh green 

 springy turf of this little islet. Water evidently lies in 

 many spots here in wet weather, and though the shallow 

 pools and marshy places were dry and dusty, a number of 

 marsh plants gave indication of the usual condition of the 

 place. 



The majority of the plants which I found which are 

 additions to the flora of the Blaskets occurred in one or 

 other of the spots enumerated above. These additions are 

 as follows : — 



Ranunculus hederaceus L. — In several springs at the east end of the 



island. 

 R. acris L. — Northern cliffs, in several spots. 



R. bulbosus L. — On the blown sands above the beach. 



R. Ficaria L. — Quite abundant, growing in perfectly open places where 

 not facing the sun. Still in ilower in mid-June. 



*Fumaria pallidiflora Jord. — In the cultivated land, but much rarer than 



F. c( njusa. 

 Cardamine hirsuta L. — Rather frequent. C. sylvatica, which alone is 



recorded by Barrington, was observed only once. 



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