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not a novelty) is the rediscovery of that rarest of Irish grasses, Calama* 

 grostis Epigejos, in one of the stations (Killeany) assigned to it by Mr. 

 Hart. The members were, however, quite satisfied with finding, often in 

 abundance, the plants, in many cases rare elsewhere, which characterize 

 the Aran flora, such as Arenaria verna, Cerastium arvense, Geranium satt' 

 gtiineumt Rubus saxatilis, R, ccsshis, Poierium Sanguisorha^ Sedum Rhodiola, Saxi' 

 fraga Sternbergii, Pimpinella magna, Crithmrim maritimtim, Cornus sanguinea^ 

 Rubia peregrina, Asperula cynanchica, Galium sylveslre, Carlina vulgaris, Ccntau- 

 rea Scabiosa, Senecio Jacobcea var. flosculosus, Geniiana verna, Statice occidentalism 

 Allium Babinglonii, Adiantum Capillus- Veneris. The three days subsequently 

 spent on the island by Praeger, afforded time for sj'stematic work, and 

 yielded satisfactory results ; he sends in the following notes as the 

 result of his observations : — 



NOTES ON THE FLORA OF ARANMORK. 



BY R. IvIvOYD PRAEGER. 



The flora of the Aran Islands has already been carefully investigated. 

 The first attempt at a complete list of plants was that of Dr. E. P. 

 Wright', whose paper notices 159 species as growing on the islands. In 

 1875 Mr. H. C. Hart followed with a much more elaborate paper^, em- 

 bodying the results of a fortnight's botanizing in August, 1869, and the 

 additional observations of previous botanical visitors. He gives the 

 flora of the group as 372, of which 34S are definitely assigned a place 

 in the flora of the North Island. In Wxo. Journal of Botany for June, 1892, 

 Messrs. Nowers and Wells published a list of plants additional to Mr. 

 Hart's list, found by them during a fortnight's visit in June, 1890. They add 

 41 species to the flora of the group, of which 40 were found on the 

 North Island, thus bringing up the flora of Aranmore to 388. The one 

 day spent on the island by the Field Club party gave of course little 

 opportunity for detailed examination, though most of the characteristic 

 species were observed ; but the three days which I spent there during 

 the ensuing week yielded some additions to the flora, and some new 

 localities for rarer Aran species. Especially on the third daj' of my visit, 

 I was much assisted by Prof. G. F. Fitzgerald, the keenness of whose eye 

 made me regret that botany was not his chosen profession. In the 

 appended notes. A signifies an addition to the flora of the Aran Islands ; 

 a an addition to the flora of the North Island. 



Crambe marltlma, L. — In the greatest abundance on the beach 

 below the Seven Churches. Not found, though well searched for, in Mr. 

 Hart's only station, "shore near Kilronan," and apparently extinct 

 there. 



Thiaspl arvense, L. — Field by roadside a mile east of Portmurvy. 



Arabis clllata, R. Br. — Dry banks near the roadside half a mile 

 from Portmurvy pier towards the Seven Churches. One of the rarest of 

 Irish plants. Found by Mr. Hart on sandhills near Killeany, six miles to 

 the eastward. 



"• Proceedings Dub. Nat. Hist. Soc, Dec. 6, 1S66. 



2 A List of Plants found in the Islands of Aran, Galway Bay. Dublin : 

 Hodges, Foster, and Co., 1875. 



