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(1,487 feet) over L<argydonnell, and thence dropped down into the 

 low ground which stretches to the Atlantic. At Uragh I^ough 

 Rhyyichospora fusca turned up again in profusion, far beyond 

 its most northerl}' recorded station, with Dfosera interynedia and 

 other western plants. A swim in the dusk at Bundoran con» 

 eluded the day's work. I was off early next morning through 

 Kinlough and along the shores of Ivough Melvin. These 

 proved rather uninteresting. Salix fragilis, looking wild on 

 the lake shore, is unrecorded for IX. In the S.W. corner of 

 the lough, near the mouth of the Ballagh River, Poiamogeto7t 

 filifofviis was a welcome find, and P.Zisii, which I swam for 

 at Ross Point, is new to District IX. From Lough Melvin 

 through the mountains to Manorhamilton nothing special 

 turned up. Next morning I was on the I^eitrim shore of 

 I,ough Gill, via Dromahaire, at 9 o'clock. The scenery here 

 is exquisite, and the botany of no mean order of interest, 

 lyimestone bluffs overhang the lake, on which Taxus and Cortiu$ 

 sa7igumea are native, and Orohanche Hederce grows freely. In 

 a deep glade Agrimo7iia odorata was in profusion, and it was 

 seen several times later in the day. By the Bonet River 

 Lysi77iachia Ntwwitdaria was abundant. In Dromahaire, on 

 the way back, Sisy77ibr'ium Thalia7Ui77i, unrecorded for IX., was 

 gathered, and train was taken for Dublin. 



Three days were spent in Carlow on July 29-31. The 

 weather had again become intensely hot, which made field^ 

 work ver}' arduous. Commencing operations in Borris 

 demesne, Lysi77iachia Niwmiularia and Agri77i07iia odorata^ 

 growing in profusion in wild ground by the Barrow, were 

 added to the flora of District III. ; with them were Salix 

 tria7idra and Carex Pseudo- cy penis. Working up stream, a high 

 gravelly bank yielded E7igero7i acre^ Valeria7iella Aurii^ula, and 

 Gera7iium colu7}ibi7iu77i. Pota77togeto7i fiabellatus and P. hetero' 

 phyllns var. gyai7ii7iifo litis, are common Barrow pondweeds, 

 though hitherto unrecorded for III. Further up Cy7ioglossii7rt 

 officinale appeared in one of its rare inland stations. Near 

 Goresbridge I gathered Polygo7tu77t maculatum ("/3. densu77i f. 

 i7ica7iii77i " — A. Bennett), also new to III. Thence I cut across 

 to the railwa}^ and confirmed a station for Equisetum hyemale, 

 seen from the train on my journey down. Next day I tramped 

 southward many miles along the railway, and thence to the 



