Notes on the Flora of the Aran Islands. 107 



stations for Astragalus hypoglottis in i1r- iKji^liljinirhood of 

 Kilmurvy, added to the flora of llic islands one sedge, Carcx 

 proccox, abundant in a very dwarf form near Bungowla, found 

 in Oorgowla lake the Hippuris vulgaris and Myriophyllum' of 

 Mr. Hart, which Messrs. Nowers and Wells had failed to 

 trace, and, as a crowning piece of good fortune, discovered a 

 solitary plant of the long-desiderated Ajuga pyramidatis in a 

 shady nook of rock close by the hamlet of Creggacareen.-' 

 The Hclianthcniuni occurred, at intervals, from near Oghil on 

 to Bungowla, over a stretch of about five miles, profusely in 

 many places, and appears confined to that northern strip of 

 the island lying between the high road and the sea, so that its 

 upper limit here must be placed at a height of not more than 

 180 feet. In I^ough Oorgowla I found Ramuicidus trichophyl- 

 lus, first reported from the islands by Dr. Wright, and on the 

 way back to Kilronan observed several plants of Thalictruni 

 7ninus, and a few^ of Hieraclum angliciun on a rocky tract, strewn 

 with granite and conglomerate erratics, close by the shore 

 between Kilmurvy and Port Cowruck.' This station seems to 

 be distinct from those recorded for these species by Mr. Hart. 

 Near Port Cowruck Chrysosplenium oppositifolhun was found, 

 at Monastir Kieran the Male Fern, and at Creggacareen 

 Oxalis acetosella. These three species, which seem to be 

 among the rarest in the islands, were first added to the flora 

 of the group by Messrs. Nowers and Wells from other stations 

 in Aranmore. 



A swift run of less than three-quarters of an hour in a large 

 native curragJt^ or canvas canoe, manned by three islanders, took 

 me next morning across the four miles from Kilronan to 

 Inishmaan, or Middle Island, where I landed for a couple of 

 hours before pushing on to Inisheer, or South Island, four 

 miles farther to the south-east. Inishmaan seems to remain 



^'"^The plant was n^suffide'ntly developed~to admit of the species being 

 determined. 



2 See note in Journal of Botany, of Oct., 1892, for details of this re- 



discover3^ ,.,. f 



3 On the shores of this small creek opening N. W., great quantities of 

 the iami,.arm weed, the " Cowlyock" of the islanders, and of the western 

 Irish in general, are thrown up by western gales, and kelp-buming is in 

 consequence very actively carried on here. The Slarcth vau:re^ or sea-rods 

 as the Laminar ia stems are called, are highly esteemed for kelp-making. so 

 long- as their rind remains unbroken. 



