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l6o The Irish Naturalist. September, 



Cochlearia danica L. — On several parts of the coast ; up to 700 feet on 



Slievedonagh. 

 C. graenlandica L. — With the last on Slievedonagh, and at the west end. 

 tSenebiera Coronopus Poir. — About the village. 

 Viola canina L. — Slievedonagh at 700 feet. 



fCerastium glomeratum Thuill. — In several spots at the east end of the 

 island. 



Oxalis Acetosslla L. — Chinks of rocks on Slievedonagh at 700 feet. 

 Vicia sativa L. — Cultivated ground. 



fV. angustifolia Roth. — Edges of fields ; standing uncertain. 



Spiraea Ulmaria L. — A good deal in the great gully of Foilbeg. 



Rubus pulcherrimus Neum. — Rocks and gullies above the strand. The 

 only bramble on the Great Blasket. 



Potentilla procumbens Sibth. — East end of the island. 



Apium nodiflorum Reichb. fil. — Plentiful on Beginish. 



Lonicera Periclymenum L. — Several spots on the southern cliffs. 



Cnicus palustris Willd. — In several spots ; native. 



Glaux maritima L. — Plentiful on Beginish. 



Samolus Valerandi L. — Several stations on Great Blasket and Beginish. 



Digitalis purpurea L. — Plenty of fine specimens on the bracken -covered 

 southern slope south of Slievedonagh. 



*Veronica agrestis L. — In the cultivated area. 



*V. Tournefortii C. Gmel. — With the last, abundant. 



*Stachys arvensis L. — Cultivated fields, 



Ajuga reptans L. — Foilbeg. 



♦Polygonum Convolvulus L. — Cultivated fields. 



Listera cordata R. Br. — Under the heather on Slievedonagh, 700 — 900 

 feet. 



Orchis incarnata L. — Fine specimens witii rich purple flowers on ledges in 

 Foilbeg, and near the ring -forts, 500 — 700 feet. 



Narthecium ossifragum Huds. — In the hollow between the Signal Tower and 

 the ring -forts. 



Juncus acutiflorus Ehrh. — Damp place near south shore east of Slieve- 

 donagh. 



J. Gerard! Loisel. — Rocks east of the harbour. 



Eleocharis palustris R.Br. — Common on Beginish. 



Eriophorum vaginatum L. — Same station as Narthecium. 



Carex arenaria L. — Fringing the sand -topped rocks over the strand, and 

 in similar situation, up to 700 feet, along the top of the high cliffs 

 on both the northern and southern shore, where there is no trace of 

 sand. Mr. Barrington records C. disticha (which I could not find) as 

 " only on the highest portion of the Great Blasket." Could his plant 

 have been C. arenaria ? 



C. praecox Jacq. — On the higher parts of the island, among heather. 



C. extensa Good. ^ ^ . , r t^ ■ . , 



C. distans L. [Rocky snore of Begnnsh, sparmgly. 



Psamma arenaria R. & S. — Frequent along the top of the low sand- 

 topped cliffs over the strand. Also along the dry top of high cliffs 

 on the south shore, where there is no trace of sand. 



