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large car, which accommodated the whole party, as well as 

 our luggage. Roundstone is about 10 or 12 miles south- 

 west from Clifden. It is close upon the sea. At Round- 

 stone we left our luggage at the hotel with Mr John Kelly, 

 the friend of the late Professor Balfour. This is a most 

 deserted-looking hotel. It contains fourteen bedrooms, but 

 nobody ever stays in it. We were told that lately all the 

 inhabitants, except two or three, became total abstainers. 

 And, yet, the place had a melancholy interest to us all. 

 Here we met the veritable John Kelly, who gave Professors 

 Balfour and Dickson, the two first Presidents of the Club, 

 such a " warm reception " in 1874. Here, too, many 

 eminent botanists have frequently resided. Mr Kelly was 

 glad to see us, and pointed out the way up the hill to get 

 the rare plants. Having left our luggage in the custody of 

 Mr Kelly, we visited Urrisbeg, a hill behind Roundstone, 

 987 feet high, with many tops, very rocky and very boggy. 

 We had no guide, " Tommy," the guide who pointed out 

 Erica mediterranea to Professors Balfour and Dickson, 

 having died two years ago. We, however, ascended the 

 mountain, keeping the directions so minutely described by Bal- 

 four in the 12th volume of our Transactions, and went direct 

 to the station for Erica mediterranea, L. We found plenty of 

 it, and even all the way down to the foot of the mountain 

 on the other side from Roundstone, especially along the 

 banks of the stream. We went down to a fresh-water lake, 

 Lough Bollard, to search for Adiantum Capitlus- Veneris, L. 

 We found it in small quantity, and the plants very small. 

 Professor Balfour, in 1874, found it on a limestone rock on 

 the east of this same lough. He says : — " There was a 

 great deal growing on the rock, but fortunately for the 

 habitat it is impossible to get at the roots." This does not 

 correspond very well with our station, for the rock on which 

 we found it was only 4 or 5 feet high. We afterwards 

 ascended to the summit, but as the day was hazy we had 

 not the fine view that Professor Balfour so well described in 

 the 12th volume of our Transactions. On the top we found 

 abundance of Sedum anglicum, Huds., in fine flower. 

 Among other plants collected may be mentioned : — Lotus 

 major, Sm. ; ITabcnaria hi/olia, Br. ; Alisma ranuncidoides, 

 L. ; Rhyncospora fusca, R. and S. ; Cladium Mariscus, Br. ; 



