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Epiloblum montanum x obscu rum. —West of the harbour. 

 Rev. E. S. Marshall confirms my naming. 



Callltriche stagnalis. Scop., var. serpyllifolia, Fonnroth The 



only Water Starwort seen. 



Trlfolium arvense, F Found by A. G. More on Inishturk in 1875, 



which has since remained its only Mayo-Galway station. We found 

 it in abundance on the rocky bluff which overlooks Portdoon, which 

 is probably More's locality. He marked it with a f. I fancy it is 

 indigenous there, but if not, is certainly thoroughly established. 



Rubus. — Rubi are abundant in the sheltered parts of the island, on the 

 borders of lanes and fields, but no great variety occurs. Five forms 

 were easily distinguishable in the field, and Mr. Rogers, who has 

 kindly examined my gatherings, names six from the materials col- 

 lected. The most striking and handsome Bramble on the island 

 is R. Borreri, which is abundant, mostly not quite typical, and 

 varying towards var. dentatifoiius, Briggs. One form of R. Borreri 

 collected is so hairy that Mr. Rogers suggests Borreri X iricus as its 

 parentage. The other presumed parent of this plant, R. iricus, is 

 also abundant — a characteristic western form. Two plants very 

 widely distributed in Ireland, R. pulckerrimus and R. rusticanus, and 

 two more local, R. argenteus and R. dumnoniensis, complete the list. 



Saxifraga umbrosa, F. — We noticed that when a cottage falls into 

 ruin, this and Sedurn anglicum are the first plants to establish them- 

 selves on the ruined walls, w T hile Athyriitm Filix-ftemina takes 

 possession of the deserted floor. 



Drosera intermedia, Hayne. — Found only on a sloping piece of 

 wet heath, south of Fough Coolaknick. Though the wet floating 

 marsh which fringes several of the lakelets would appear to furnish 

 an ideal habitat, neither D. anghca nor D. intermedia was to be seen. 



^Matricaria discoidea, DC. — Has completely taken possession of 

 the village of Garranty, where it occupies the " roads " almost to the 

 exclusion of other weeds. 



Arctium Lappa, F. — Burdocks are frequent, but were quite im- 

 mature at the time of our visit, so have been placed under the 

 Finneau aggregate. 



Lobelia Dortmanna, L. — Abundant in Lough Namucka and Fough 

 Aleen. 



Centunculus minimus, L. — Often abundant on damp roadsides 

 and in fields that have gone out of cultivation. 



Pinguicula Iusitanica, L. — Frequent at the west end of the island ; 

 not seen elsewhere. 



Euphorbia hiberna, F — Inishturk has been chiefly known to 

 botanists as furnishing one of the few west coast stations for this 

 interesting plant. Here it was first found by W. Macmillan, the 

 discoverer of Helianthemum guttatum on Inishbofin, in 1872, and was 

 subsequently seen by More and Barrington on their brief visit in 

 1875. The plant is confined to the harbour and the sheltered bushy 

 slopes west of it, where it grows in abundance. 



