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in a hurry, so that the impatience of the party accorded ill 
with the prevailing humour. At length a somewhat rickety 
ear, horsed with a still more jibbing nag, was procured, and 
without incident, though with many a suggestive jerk, the 
party drove out towards the coast, in the belief that they 
were striking a point in the bog whence a comparatively 
easy passage up it might be made. On the roadside were 
noticed magnificent widths of Fuchsia Riccartoni in splendid 
flower, which appeared to be remnants of a neglected road- 
side hedge; and in a disused quarry, facing a tenantless 
mansion, a luxuriant growth of Hscallonia micrantha. On 
leaving the car, which was timed to return at 3 o'clock and 
convey the party back along the Cashel and Roundstone 
road, the members skirted a newly erected Marconi telegraph 
station, probably the nearest in the island to the American 
coast, and at once prepared to cross the bog in the direction 
of the point where on the preceding day they discovered 
Erica Mackaiana. This was found to be impracticable, as 
the surface of the bog was all more or less under water, and 
walking was accomplished at considerable risk. During the 
former day’s excursion Rhynchospora alba had been very 
abundant, but as yet no record of &. fusea had been made. 
This, therefore, proved the chief object of search; and after 
heavy plodding and plunging, the find was made on the 
margin of one of the many lakes round which the circuitous 
route adopted forced the party to meander. The plant was 
in fine flower, and though not very plentiful, sufficient to 
supply the wants of those in search of it. Not far from this 
lake, and on the boundary turf-dyke of a croft a few hundred 
yards from the Cashel and Clifden road, one of the party 
found an exceptionally good form of Lomaria Spicant, all 
the fronds being beautifully crested. This was quite the best 
varietal form of fern found during the excursion. 
In addition to this the following plants were found :— 
Aster Tripolium, Cladium Mariscus, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Con- 
volvulus sepium, Drosera longifolia and anglica, Erica Tetralix 
var. alba, Erica cinerea ( foliis awreis), Hypericum elodes, Juncus 
maritimus, Lathyrus macrorrhizus, Samolus Valerandi, Senecio 
aquaticus, Ulex nanus, Utricularia minor. 
Two of the party who did not go to Clifden spent the day 
in the neighbourhood of Recess and explored the woods on 
