1896.] CoivGAK. — Flora of the Ox Moiintahis, Co. Sligo. 305 



Against this array of twenty-three alpines the Ox Mountains, 

 so far as at present known, can only set the following five 

 species of the same type : Saxifraga aizoides, Hieracium iricic7n, 

 Vacci7iumi Vitis-Idcsa, Salix herbacea, Selaghiella selaoi7i- 

 oides ; and inadequate as our survey was, we have no reason 

 to expect that further search would add anything to this 

 meagre total. 



In the Scottish type plants, which may be ranked next 

 to the Highland type as imprinting 'a northern character 

 on a flora, the contrast between the two districts is 

 less glaring. Against a total of eighteen for Ben Bulben our 

 lists show ten for the Ox Mountains, and in the latter total 

 are included two species absent fron Ben Bulben, Pi^unns 

 Padus and Lobelia Dortmanna, to which may be added a third, 

 Equisetuvi variegahun, if we hold this to be distinct from E, 

 Mackaii. In tj^pes other than those indicating a northern or 

 alpine character, the divergencies between the tw^o floras are 

 much less marked. The number of species observed by 

 Messrs. Barrington and Vowell in the Ben Bulben district in 

 1884, is set down in their Report at 430. Adding to this some 

 fifteen species, since observed, we have a total of 445, or an 

 excess of 80 over our list for the Ox Mountains. But with 

 this decided preponderance in favour of the limestone district, 

 a large proportion of the Ox Mountains species, no less than 

 41, or fully 9 per cent., are apparently absent from Ben 

 Bulben. These species are set forth at length in the follow- 

 ing list : — 

 Ox Mountains spkciks not rkcordkd for Ben Bui^bkn. 



Piilicaria dysenterica> Epipactis pahistris. 



Lobelia Dortinanna. Jtcncus obtusiflorus. 



Jasione montana. J. lamprocarpits. 



Gentiana campestris. 

 G. Amarella. 

 Convolvulus arvensis. 

 Veronica Buxbaiimii. 

 Anagallis arvensis. 

 Utricula7'ia minor. 

 Nepeta Glechoma. 

 Teucriurn Scorodonia. 

 Plantago Coronopus. 

 Polygomcni Convolvulus. 

 Populus tremula. 



Fuiiiaria confusa. 

 Viola arvensis. 

 V. tricolor. 



Lepigonum neglectum. 

 Trifolium medium. 

 T. procumbens. 

 Lathyrus macrorrkizus. 

 Ale he mil la arvensis. 

 Potetitilla rfptans. 

 Prunus Padus. 

 Scandix Pecten- Veneris. 

 Sambucus Ebulus. 

 Sherardia arvensis. 

 Gnaphalium sylvaticum 



Sparganium affine. 

 Typha latifolia. 

 Lenina minor. 

 Triglochi?i viaritinium. 

 Eleocharis multicatilis. 

 Scirpus Savii. 

 Carex arenaria. 

 Asplenium mariuum. 

 Lycopodiuni clavatum. 

 Equisetum variegatum. 



