144 "^^^ Irish Naturalist, [June, 



exigua at Ross Lake, were additions to District VIII. ; a more 

 interesting addition was Epipadis palustriSy which grew in 

 glorious profusion on the lake-shore all round Annagh Wood. 

 Best of all, Neotijiea intacta turned up again on limestone 

 mounds about Ross Lake and for a couple of miles north- 

 westward, forming another connecting link between its 

 northern and southern stations. I have little doubt that it 

 will eventually be shown to occur throughout the limestone 

 region stretching from Lisdoonvarna in Clare around Galwa}^ 

 Bay and along the chain of lakes to Lough Carra in Mayo. 

 Potamogeto7i 7iite7is grew in Ross Lake, and Ophrys vinscifera 

 on ridges in the bogs between that and Gortmore, where I 

 struck Lough Corrib. Several islets were explored hy 

 swimming as I worked northward, but the rest of the day was 

 comparatively uneventful. 



The next trip was to Co. Leitrim. July 21 was spent in the 

 district around Drumod — a curious country, consisting of 

 parallel low ridges and hollows, the former tilled, the latter 

 filled with bog or lake. On the bogs Rhynchospora fiisca was 

 abundant — a considerable northward extension of its range — 

 and Drose7'a i7ite?'media occurred. Rinn Lough jielded among 

 other things Stellaria pahcstris and Cicnta virosa. A late train 

 brought me to Ball3\sodare, whence an early start enabled me 

 to reach Manorhamilton by breakfast-time, and I was soon off 

 on foot for Bundoran via Glenade. In a wood b}' the roadside 

 north of Lurganboy I had the good fortune to get the beautiful 

 Pyrola inirior. Previous records consist of a single station in 

 Wicklow, two in Westmeath, and a number in the North- 

 eastern province (Down, Antrim, Derry). A rayless form of 

 Senecio aquaticus, corresponding to var. flosadostis of S.Jacobcsa, 

 was gathered here on the roadside. Willows are verj^ abundant 

 in Glenade, 5*. peiitand^-a, S. purpiirea^ and 6*. Caprea being 

 conspicuous. By the road I also gathered Polygo7mm Mite, 

 for the second time in Ireland, the other station being Lough 

 Ramor in Co. Cavan. I botanised round Glenade Lough, and 

 spent a few delightful hours on the huge cliffs which overlook 

 it, amid the profusion of alpine plants for which they are 

 famous. The fine specimens of Poly gala gra7idijl ova and Poly- 

 stichu7)i Loiichitis were particularly pleasing. Crossing the 

 valley I ascended the less attractive cliff-walled mountain 



