igii. Sanderson & Cheetham. — Notes from West Coast. 65 



though some variation was noticeable. The next plant in 

 interest was a very large -flowered form of Jasionc montana, 

 seen on the seaward side of Slieve League near the sunmiit, 

 and this plant was also remarkable for the rosette of very 

 large leaves. C. A. Cheetham, who was in the same district 

 the previous Whitsuntide, was much struck with the 

 splendid show of Habenaria albida occurring in wet meadows 

 almost at sea -level between Killybegs and Fintragh, while 

 later, we both noticed on the sand hills near Fintragh 

 Jimipcrus nana and Viola Curtisii. Carduus pratensis was 

 quite a feature of the wet low-lying meadows, and Vicia 

 sylvatica of the sea-coast, occurring in some places in very 

 large masses. Another interesting feature of the sea-coast 

 as a habitat was the common occurrence of white-flowered 

 specimens of Erica Tetralix, E. cinerea, Geranium Robcrti- 

 anum, and Ajuga rcptans. 



Besides attending to the flowering plants, we spent some 

 time in examining the zoophytes on and near shore, and 

 amongst these noted the following from this district : — 

 Sertularia pumila. Podocoryne Sarsii. 



S. operculata. Plumularia similis. 



Obelia geniculata. P. echinulata. 



Leptoscyphus tenuis. Coryne pusilla. 



Corynopsis Alderi. Clytia Johnstonii. 



Garveia nutans. Calycella syringa. 



Campanularia flexuosa. 



The third week in August, spent in County Clare, with 

 headquarters near Liscannor, proved no less interesting, 

 and here the party was augmented by Messrs. Fisher and 

 Child. One of the flowering plants seen near Liscannor 

 and again at Kilkee and Kilrusli was Scnccio vulgaris, var. 

 radiatus. Only a few plants were seen at Kilrush, on the 

 roadside in the channel, near the docks, and two plants near 

 the station at Kilkee ; but at Liscannor (again near the 

 approach to harbour) it was present in considerable 

 abundance at this spot only. Has this anything to do 

 with its distribution ? 



Another plant of interest was Scutellaria iir'iior which 

 was seen sparingly in a boggy field near the south-west 

 end of the Cliffs of Moher. 



