66 The Irish Naturalisf. April, 



A day spent in the Ballyvaughan district proved most 

 interesting and made us all feel sorry we had not settled 

 down nearer Ballyvaughan in the first instance. Most of the 

 typical Burren plants were seen. 



The following is a list of the zoophytes gathered on the 

 coast in the Liscannor district : — 



Sertularia pumila. Plumularia similis (on Laniiii- 



S. operculata. aria). 



Obelia gcniculata. Coryne pusilla. 



Leptoscyphus tenuis (on Clytia Johnstonii (on Cani- 



Laminaria). panularia flexuosa). 



Campanularia flexuosa. 



Besides these large numbers of the Sea Hare [Aplysia 

 punctata) were seen in a shallow pool near Clahorne, 

 Liscannor Bay. 



Mosses. 



The mosses though not systematically worked were not 

 neglected, and some very interesting things were noticed, 

 as, for instance, at Killybegs (Donegal) the occurrence of 

 Brywn filiformc, B. alpinmn, and Splachnuni ampullaccum 

 almost at sea level ; B. filifonnc fruiting abundantly, a 

 somewhat rare occurrence. Other mosses noticed in fruit 

 and which are infrequent in this state were Hylocomium 

 brcvirosfrc, H. loycuin and Thuidiuni ta)nariscinnni. 

 Grimmia maritima and Ulota Hutchinsiac of the shore 

 rocks were new to us, as were also the large masses of 

 Funaria cricitontm and F. Tcmpldoni. On Crown-a-ragh, 

 a hill some i,6oo feet high, we gathered Dicranclla sccimda, 

 Wchcra clongata, Raco))ntriu))i protcnsum, and 7v. lictcro- 

 stichtini, var. gracilcsccns ; and also the hepatic Hcrhcrta 

 adunca. Other mosses from this (Donegal) district include 

 Weisia tortilis and Trichostomum tcnuirostrc. 



In the W'estport district we gathered amongst others, 

 Polytrichuni nanu)Ji, Campylopus hrcvirostrc, Fissidcns 

 osniwidoides, Hypniun callidirouni , and Griinmta trichophylla. 

 At Mallarany Ulota crispa growing on rocks was an 

 interesting variation from the tree habitat usually 

 associated with this species. 



Bradford. 



