142 The Irish Naturalist. [June, 



Next morning I sent ni}^ traps to Ougliterard b}^ rail, and 

 struck south-westward from Tuam. Maitha piperata, looking 

 wild a few miles out, is unrecorded for District VI. Further 

 on, characteristic plants of the limestone "crags" became 

 conspicuous — Aspcrula cyyianchica, Galiuju sylvestre, &c. I 

 struck lyough Corrib at the head of its long eastern arm, and 

 spent the day in working along its shores to Kilbeg. When I 

 had gone a short distance, an excellent piece of rough lime- 

 stone ground was met with due south of lAiimnagh (see i" 

 O.S. maps, 95 and 105). Here Gera7iium sa7to2iiiu7im, Rubia, 

 Thalidrum colliftiun, Gentia7ia venia, Galium sylvestre, &c., 

 were abundant. Close to the lake grew Equisetuin variegatum ; 

 and best of all, on a stony knoll, Neoti?iea intada, now in 

 fruit. The headquarters of this rare orchid are on the Burren 

 limestones, where it is frequent over an area extending from 

 near Athenry to Castle Taylor, and thence westw^ard to the 

 Atlantic. Outside this continuous area, the only known 

 station was near Cong, where Dr. Moore found it many years 

 ago. My pleasure at discovering a connecting link between 

 these widely separated localities may be imagined. The 

 failing light compelled me to turn back at Clydagh to Kilbeg 

 Ferry, and it was dusk ere I touched the Connemara shore. 

 While waiting for a car to take me to Oughterard, I added 

 Matricaria Chamomilla to the flora of District VIII., found 

 Cala7ni?itha offici7ialis, and also Pi77ipi7iella 77iag7ia, which kept 

 me compan}^, in profusion, for many miles as I drove west- 

 ward. The following daj^ I devoted to listing Connemara 

 plants, working along I^ough Corrib and up the beautiful 

 western arm, and back by I^ougli Bofin. On the Corrib shore 

 below Newvillage bridge a ver}^ unexpected find was made in 

 Carex exte7isa. This is a characteristic sea- coast plant, and the 

 only inland station recorded for it in the British Isles appears to 

 be that in lycighton's Flo7'a of Shropshire^ which is now doubted, 

 as no vSpecimens exist, and the species has not been rediscovered. 

 Abroad, the only inland stations I can discover are in North 

 Italy, where it occurs occasionally quite inland — " rara nella 

 parte settentrionale ove si trova anclie a qualche distanza dal 

 mare" (Parlatore : Flora Italia7ia, ii., 207) — as at Bobbio for 

 example. The occurrence in western Ireland of maritime 

 plants in inland situations is a very interesting point, and 



