1907- Praegkr. — The Flora of Inishturk* 125 



This table shows a remarkable relative richness in the 

 vegetation of Inishturk. With only one-half the area of 

 Inishbofin, which is besides better supplied with lakes and 

 sandy shores, Inishturk yields a flora actually larger by 24 

 species than the flora of Bofin. It falls short by only 38 

 species of the flora of Clare Island, which is nearly three times 

 the size of Turk, and comes within 21 species of the flora of 

 the Mullet, which has an area over twenty times as great. 



It is also interesting to tind that Inishturk possesses 25 

 species not found on either Bofin or Clare. Its flora (Characeae 

 omitted) includes altogether 86 species not found on Bofin, 

 and 40 not found on Clare. The Inishturk plants, which are 

 absent from both these neighbouring islands, are listed 

 below : — 



Caltha palustris. Sherardia arvensis. 



Cochlearia graenlandica. Carlina vulgaris. 



Lychnis diurna. Mentha arvensis. 



Trifolium medium. Stachys sylvatica. 



arvense. Euphorbia hiberna. 



procumbens. Listera ovata. 



Rubus argenteus. Carex vulpina. 



dumnoniensis. Phleum pratense. 



Borreri. Agrostis canina. 



Pyrus Malus. Holcus mollis. 



Crataegus Oxyacantha. Glyceria maritima. 



Drosera intermedia. Isoetes lacustris. 

 Anthriscus sylvestris. 



Four of the plants of Inishturk are additions to the flora of 

 Division 27, West Mayo, namely — 



Helianthemum guttatum. Rubus argenteus. 



Sagina subulata. R. Borreri. 



Three more, recorded some time since from the island, are 

 still unknown elsewhere in the division — Lychnis diurna, 

 Trifolium arvense, and Euphorbia hiberna. 



