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Their beauty is further enhanced by the presence of a fine lot of 

 Herherta adunca Gray whose slender stems intertwine with fern 

 and hepatic, j^roducing a ruddy glow which cannot fail to attract 

 attention from a distance. Scapania ornitliopoclioides, a rare 

 liepatic, occurs in large reddish purple patches on the moister 

 ground and Masfiijophova Woodsii, which sometimes accompanies it, 

 is not uncommon and adds to the wealth of colour and vegetation 

 of that wonderful mountain. On the hard and shining schistose 

 rocks CampyJopus Schwarzii and JJlcranum unciaatum with its 

 beautiful falcato-secund leaves thrive. These rocks are a prominent 

 feature of the landscape and -several of the smaller and rarer hepatics 

 find shelter in their damp nooks and crannies. 



The hepatic flora of the district is more varied and interesting 

 than its moss flora. . 



Canon Lett has spent several weeks on the island and the 

 Rev. C. H. Waddell together with Messrs. W. H. Pearson, 

 D. McArdle. and K. LI. Praeger have visited it on several occasions. 



The following is a list of the mosses and hepatics which we found. 

 I might mention that time did not permit us to pay much attention 

 to the Sphagna, so that the number of species of peat mosses is 

 incomplete. >S'. stands for Slievemore ; U. for Dugort. Where no 

 letter is appended, the plant was found only on Slievemore. New 

 records for Ireland are marked by an asterisk. 



The order followed for both groups is that of the Moss and 

 Hepatic Exchange Club Catalogues. The Sphagna are after 

 Warnstorf. 



Musci. 



Sphagnum cymhifolhim (Ehrh.) W., var. glauco-pallens^2,YY\'&\.., 

 var. (flaucescens Warnst., var. jjallescens Warnst., bog at foot of 

 Slievemore. — >S*. papillosum Lindb. var. normale Warnst., abundant ; 

 var, suhlcsve Limpr. — S. compacfitm var. imhricatum Warnst. — 

 >S'. cuspidatum (Ehrh.) Warnst., var. fcdcatum Euss. ; var. suh- 

 mersiDii Schp. ; var. j^^i^^'^osiim Bry. germ., S., D. — S. reciirvicm 

 (P. B.) Warnst., var. mucronatum (Puss.) W^arnst., and var. amhJy- 

 phyUiDii (Puss.) Warnst., S., D. — S. molluscum Bruch., S., D. — 

 S. rubellum Wils., A^ar. pnrpiirascens Warnst. ; var. riihrum Grrav. ; 

 var. versicolor Puss., all not uncommon, S., D. — >S'. siihnitens Puss. 

 & Warnst., abundant, fruiting freely. The most common forms 

 of this species were : — var. Jlavo-rubellum Warnst. ; var. ohsciirum 

 Warnst. ; var. purpurascens Schlieph. ; var. versicolor Warnst. ; 

 var. virescens Warnst. — >S'. aciiiij olium Puss. & W^arnst., y^w Jlavo- 

 ruhellum Warnst., S., D. ; var. p)iupurascens Warnst., S., D. ; var. 

 versicolor Warnst. & var. viride AVarnst., S., D. — /S. contortum 

 Schultz, S. ; S. inundatum (Puss.) Warnst., S., D.; *S'. rufescens 

 (Bry. germ.) Limpr. 



Andrewa petropliila Ehrh. ; — A. JRofhii Ym\falcafa Lindb. 



Polytricliiim aloides Hedw. ; P. iirnigerum L., roadside, Dugort; 

 P. alpinum L. ; P. piliferum Schreb. ; P. juniperinum Willd., D. ; 

 P. furmosum Hedw. ; P. commune L. 



Archidium cdterni-f'olium Schp., roadside, D. 



Ditrichum homomaUu)ii Hampe, D. 



