252 IRISH PLANTS OBSERVED IN JULY, 1895. 



Lychnis Githar/o Scop. Apparently scarce ; only seen in one 

 spot near Clonbur (8). 



Stcllaria palustris Retz. 8. In a swamp near Clonbur, within a 

 few yards of the Mayo boundary, but apparently not crossing the line. 



Arenaria serpyUifolia L. 9. Both the type and well-marked A. 

 leptodados Guss. grow on the limestone, S. of L. Mask. 



SiKjina nodosa Fenzl. 8, 9. Damp hollows, S. of L. Mask. 



Hypericum Androsftmum L. 8. Maam ; Clonbur. 9. Clonbur. 

 — H. dubium Leers. 8. Maam ; frequent to the W. of Clonbur. 

 9. About Clonbur and Cong. 



Malva mosclmta L. 3. Hill above Ferrybank. 9. Cong ; very 

 scarce, but not looking like an escape. M. sylvestris L. has the 

 appearance of an outcast at Oughterard. 



Geranium lucidum L. 8, 9. Plentiful about Clonbur and Cong, 

 on the limestone. A curious prostrate limestone form (or variety) 

 of G. Eobertianum L., with glabrous calyx, is plentiful in Dist. 

 8 and 9, S. of L. Mask. " Seemingly a departure from type towards 

 the Ya,v. rubricanle ^^ , or perhaps near G. semiylabrum Jovd. ; but I 

 have not specimens " (Bennett m litt.). 



Euonymus etiropmis L. 8, 9. Remarkably abundant in the woods 

 between Clonbur and Cong. 



Rhamvus catharticus L. and E. Franyula L. 8, 9. On limestone 

 near L. Mask, the latter being quite prostrate. Acer Pseiido-pla- 

 ta7ius L. also occurs (in Dist. 9), quite naturalized, the seeds having 

 been wind-borne from plantations about Clonbur. 



Ononis repens L. 9. Cong ; a spinous form, seen only in one 

 very restricted station. 



Melilotns officinalis Lam. 3. On a bank near the railway-station 

 at Ferrybank ; possibly native. 



Lotus uliyinosus Schkuhr. 8. Moist meadows, Maam. 



Vicia hirsuta Gray. 8. Near Clonbur.^ F. Craccah. var. incana 

 Thuill. 8, 9. On limestone, about Clonbur. 



Primus Avium L. 3. Near Ferrybank ; probably bird-sown. — 

 P. Cerasus L. 8. In hedges near Clonbur ; doubtless introduced. 



Rubus plicatus Wh. & N. 8, 9*. On limestone, S. of L. Mask. 

 Owing to the exceptional drought, it was very stunted. — Var. hevii- 

 stemon (P. J. Muell.). 8". Dump ground by the river at Maam, 

 not far from the inn. — 11. Lindleianus Lees. 3*. Fei'rybank. 

 8*, 9*. On limestone, S. of L. Mask. — 77. erythrinm Genev. 9. On 

 limestone, S. of L. Mask ; a little altered by soil and situation, and 

 showing some approach towards R. incurvatus Bab. New to Ireland. 

 — R. Wifl)»)uJo^/»sWh. &N. 8. Maam and Clonbur. — ?l. pulcherrimus 

 Neum. 8*. Maam and Clonbur. 9*. Cong, — R. dumnonicnsis 

 Bab. 3. Ferrybank. 8. Maam, The latter was a stunted form 

 (much recalling rusticanus in appearance) with extraordinarily large 

 petals, of which Dr. Focke wrote: "Exactly the same small state 

 of the plant I saw in W. Cornwall," New to Ireland. — R. ar- 

 f/entams P. J. Muell. 9. A form of this, slightly "off type," but 

 much resembling the Herefordshire specimens in the " Set" (No. 30), 

 occurs near Cong. New to Ireland. — R. silvaticns Wh. & N. 8*. 

 Maam ; a small form. — Obs. A very handsome bramble, allied to 



