266 The Irish Nahwalist. November, 



A. G. Mone^ spent some weeks in Acliill in 1872 and 1873, 

 but his attention was apparentl)^ directed chiefly to zoology 

 and sport, as but few plants were noted. He found Pota- 

 inogdon nitens and Eriocauloii septayigulare^ and was shown 

 Erica incditcrranea. 



In 1882 H. C. Hart' explored Achill, in connection with his 

 Report to the Ro3^al Irish Academy on the flora of the moun- 

 tains of Maj^o and Galway. One day was considered enough 

 for these desolate hills, and the writer sums up his impres- 

 sions of Achill in the \vords: — "The formation is quartzite 

 chiefl}', and the flora appeared uninteresting. I searched 

 several likely places for the more remarkable west of Ireland 

 plants ; but, with the exception of London Pride and Maiden 

 Hair fern, none were met with." He noted on Slieve More 

 and Croaghaun Saxifraga stella?is, Scdiwi Rhodiola, Salix 

 hcrbacca, and Carex rigida^ and on the latter Arctostaphylos 

 Uva-7irsi 2iViA Jimiperus nana ; also on Slieve More one plant I 

 did not meet with, namely, Hicraciuni anglicum. He listed 34 

 species altogether. 



At Easter, 1898, I spent a week on the island^, but growth 

 had scarcely begun yet, and the flora was still almost in its 

 winter condition About 120 species were noted, including a 

 few early spring things, such as Draba verna and Saxifraga 

 bidactylites, not to be seen late in the season ; of the few 

 plants which I recorded, there was an error as regards one, 

 Ra7iunaihis Le7ior7nandi proving to be onh^ R. hederaceiis. 



Rev. E- S. Marshall"^, W'liile botanizing in June, 1899 with 

 Mallaranny as head-quarters, penetrated into Achill as far as 

 Sraheens lyOUgh, added Ramuiculus scoiiciis to the Irish flora, 

 and noted a couple of Brambles, a Euphrasia segregate, E^'io- 

 ca7ilo7i, Carex limosa, At?ip/ex patula,2i\\(\ Melampyruni pratense 

 var. hians. 



N. Colgan and Rev. C. F. d'Arcy" spent a day on Croaghaun 

 in 1899, but rain and mist rendered botanizing abortive — as 



' Life and IvCtlers, pp. 239 el. seq, 1898; and /ourn. Bot. vol. xxvii.iiS. 

 18S9. 

 "^ Proc. R. I. Acad. (2), vol. iii. (Science), pp. 710-712. 1883. 

 8 Irish Nat., vol. vii., 141-2. 1898. 

 ^ /ourn. BoL,\o\. xxxviii., 184- 8. 1900. 

 ^ Irish Nal., vol. ix., 117-8. 1900. 



