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represented in addition to the (in this district) ubiquitous H. 

 anglicuvi being a murorum form, on which Mr. Linton has not 

 yet definitely pronounced. With them Euphrasia Salisbur- 

 gensis was again found. At the western end of the eastern ciiff- 

 range I ascended, and went along the top of the western range, 

 accompanied by a pair of Peregrines, which swooped around me 

 and screamed incessantly. Here Epilobitim ayigustifoliuni 

 represented a nice addition to the county flora, and I was in- 

 terested to see twice Saxifraga aizoides, already found on the low 

 ground below these cliffs by Messrs. Abraham and M'Cullagh. 

 A quarter of a mile back from the edge of the cliff ran one of 

 the curious straight low sandstone escarpments which are so 

 characteristic of this district. I left the cliff top at a point 

 where a single willow grows coUvSpicuously on the extreme 

 edge, crossed the bog, examined a bit of the scarp where a 

 waterfall descends overhung by a willow ; found nothing, and 

 had turned away when my eye caught conspicuous splashes 

 of yellow among the rank heather further along, that could 

 belong to only one plant. It was Mecojiopsis cambrica, growing 

 in grand clumps three feet high, and proved only the prelude 

 to further discoveries, for among the heather grew Equisetum 

 tmibrosum, a Horsetail in Ireland known only from Antrim 

 and Donegal, and indeed not seen in the latter county, despite 

 all Mr. Hart's work, since its original finding by Dr. Dickie 

 some half century ago. Higher up on the low scarp Pyrola 

 secunda grew. It was here in abundance and in beautiful 

 bloom, and flourished not only on the scarp, but had invaded 

 the heather above, and grew among it in profusion, with the 

 inseparable Vaccinitwi Vitis-ldcea, along a band ten to tv/enty 

 yards in width, where the drainage was good. On the sand- 

 stone rocks, too, Asplenizwt viride was plentiful. This fern had 

 but one previous Fermanagh record. Mr. Plunkett many years 

 ago fell into a swallow-hole on the mountain above Florence- 

 court, and was recompensed for a severe concussion and the 

 loss of a bag of fossils by finding himself surrounded with the 

 delicate foliage of this delightful fern. The fauna here, too, 

 had a northern aspect, for I saw three specimens of the 

 handsome Carabiis glabratus, a very local mountain beetle. 



Next Glencreawan Lake and Meenameen Lake were visited. 

 They are very bare and wind-swept, and the aquatic flora is 

 reduced to a minimum ; but one interesting plant grew pJenti- 



