I9I7- Bullock-Webster — Characeae of Fanad. 5 



Of all the plants which I have here recorded I 

 was able to furnish myself with specimens for careful 

 examination and identification, and I have to thank Mr. 

 James Groves for kindly going through the collection with 

 me and giving his skilled assistance and unrivalled 

 knowledge in determining doubtful plants. 



Reviewing the Characeae yield as a whole, two or three 

 facts call, I think, for observation, (i) The small area 

 to which my investigations were confined yielded 8 species 

 and 6 sub-species and varieties of the Characeae. Had 

 a boat been available it seems more than probable that 

 this list would have been enlarged. Should a second visit 

 to this very attractive and interesting locality prove 

 possible another year I shall certainly make efforts to 

 secure the use of a coracle, of which as I gather there are 

 some in the neighbourhood, and trust myself to its pre- 

 carious stability. (2) The localit}^ seems one likely to yield 

 C. canescens, LoiseL, and its frequent companion C. con- 

 fiivens, Braun. Both these plants frequent brackish water, 

 and this the Kindrum loughs most certainly provide. 

 A more careful search may discover one or another or 

 both. (3) The absence of C. vulgaris, Linn, from the 

 neighbourhood is worth noting, and C. polyacantha, Braun. 

 might certainly have been expected. I found in one ditch 

 nearly dried up some remains of Chara growth which 

 proved to be C. vulgaris, but this is the only trace of the 

 species which I could detect. (4) The prevailing plants 

 it will be observed are C. contraria and C. desmacantha. 

 These seemed to abound and in many different forms. 

 (5) The fact that the undetermined Nitella of L. Shannagh 

 also occurs in L. Kindrum is not without interest and 

 should afford some clue to its identification. In each 

 case it is growing with N. translucens and the possibility 

 of a hybrid suggests itself, but the plant contains, 

 apparently, no traces of the diarthrodactylous branchlets 

 of that species. 



St. Michael's Rectorj^, College Hill, London, E.C. 



