1912. Prakger. — Flora of the Blaskets. 16I 



Molinia caerulea Moench. — Dwarfed along the crest of the island ; luxu- 

 riant in some of the northern gullies. 



Glyceria fluitans R.Br. — Damp spots on Beginish. 



*Lolium italicum Braun. — Occasional in cultivated ground. 



Lastrea Filix-mas Presl. — A single plant by a well, east ot the harbour. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum L. — A tiny form, rising not an inch above the 

 ground, grew on the grassy summit (593 feet) above the village. It 

 was extraordinarily abundant over a limited area — at least 100 plants 

 to the square foot. Specimens of normal size were abundant on 

 Beginish. 



Besides these 46 additions to the Blasket flora, I found, 

 on the Great Blasket, ten out of the twelve plants which 

 Mr. Barrington saw only on other islands of the group, the 

 two remaining absentees being Lavatera arbor ea (" only on 

 Innishnabro and the Tearaght "), and Suaeda maritima 

 (" only noticed on the Tearaght rock.") 



The following notes refer to species which Mr. Barrington 

 found only in one spot on the Great Blasket, or which he 

 otherwise reports as very rare on the island group : — 



Polygala serpyllifolia Weihe. — Frequent. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi L. — Also by springs on the southern cliffs. 



Spergularia salina Presl. — Beginish. 



S. rupestris Lebel. — Abundant. 



Radiola linoides Roth. — Frequent. 



Vicia sepium L. — Strand an i north clififs. 



Epilobium obscurum Schreb. — Wet places on the north and south cliffs. 



Hedera Helix L. — North and south cliffs, ascending to 900 feet. 



Peplis Portula L. — Between the Signal Tower and the ring-forts. 



*Senecio vulgaris L. — Now abundant in the cultivated area. 



Hypochaeris radicata L. — Frequent on the north and south cliffs. 



Taraxacum ofllcinale Web. — Seems native. Great Blasket and Beginish. 



Sonchus arvensis L. — On a cliff and on rocky shore ; looks native. 



Erythraea Centaureum Pers. — Several places. 



Plantago maritima L. — Abundant. Inserted by Barrington in the Blasket 



list, though not noted by him. 

 Beta maritima L. — Gullies at north extremity of Great Blasket, and on 



lUaunbawn adjoining. 

 Empetrum nigrum L. — Several stations. 

 *Euphorbia Helioscopia L. — Now abundant. 

 *Urtica dioica L. — Now widely spread, probably by sheep. 

 Juncus bufonius L. — Common. 

 Koeleria cristata Pers. — Several stations. 

 Hymenophyllum unilaterale Bory. — In abundance in many places on the 



northern cliffs, 500 — 800 feet. 

 Asplenium marinum L. — Abundant ; to 700 feet ou the cliffs, and at 



750 feet on the Signal Tower. 



