igoo.] Praegkr. — Romid Lough Conn. 229 



There are great mounds of gravel here, which contain enough 

 limestone to harbour Carlina, From Ballina and Nephin I 

 had noticed a rather bold clifif in among the hills, and a 

 circuitous mountain road brought me to where it looks down 

 on the sequestered vallej^ and peat)' lakes of Glendaduff. 

 Unaware at the time that Mr. More had recorded Saxifraga 

 nmbrosa from "hills north-east of Foxford " — probabl}' this 

 identical station, its onl}^ habitat in District IX. — I had set 

 my heart on finding the London Pride here, and sure enough 

 here it was, growing abundantl)' from top to bottom of the 

 cliff and talus. This spot is within a couple of miles of the 

 Sligo boundary, and as the hills increase in height to the 

 eastward, it appears not unreasonable to hope that this gem 

 of the Irish flora may yet be added to the list of Sligo plants, 

 despite Mr. Colgan's negative results {LN., v., 301). Be it 

 noted that Mr. Colgan's explorations did not extend to the 

 Mayo end of the Ox Mountains. 



Thence northward to Bally more Lake, where Lobelia 

 Dortvianna and Nymphcca alba vied with each other in 

 decorating the boggy margins. This was good ground, and I 

 added materially to the East Mayo list. Antheinis nobilis and 

 Viola tricolor were new to the flora of District IX. Lough 

 Doo and Carrowkeribly Lake, which adjoin, proved com- 

 paratively a failure, and as the sun went down I headed 

 northward for Ballina through the endless bogs of the Moy 

 valley, the featureless road being enlivened by the crowd of 

 men, women, and donkeys — ridden, driven, or panniered — 

 which were returning from the fair. 



On my last day I had intended working across the flat bog- 

 covered limestone country from Ballyhaunis to Swineford, but 

 heavy rain set in when I was but a few miles from the former 

 place, and after sheltering behind a wall on a bleak grassy 

 ridge (houses and trees were almost non-existent) for tv/o 

 hours, I had to beat a retreat to Ballyhaunis, and thence to 

 Claremorris. The rain over, a profitable afternoon was spent 

 in wooded countr}' south of the latter place, and a number of 

 woodland plants added to the flora, of which the best was 

 Milium cffnsiim. Claremorris was reached as darkness fell, 

 and next morning I said aii fevoir to Mayo. 



