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Carex limosa, L. ; Hymenophyllum unilateralc, "Willd. ; Nephro- 

 dium semulum, Baker ; and Osmunda regalis, L. 



We got back to the hotel about 5 p.:m., and after some 

 refreshments started in four cars for Cashel. We had 

 previously arranged with j\Ir J. J. O'Loghlen to send convey- 

 ances to Eoundstone to convey to his hotel ourselves and our 

 luggage. 



One of our party on the hill met a man who said he knew 

 the station for Erica Mackayi, Hook. ; and promised to go 

 for a specimen, and meet us on the road about 2 miles from 

 Eoundstone. When we met him he had gathered a quantity 

 of it on a small knoll quite near, and pointed out the hill to 

 us. We found that this was Craigga More, where Professor 

 Balfour and others had gathered the plant on former 

 occasions. We resolved to come back on Monday and 

 gather tlie plant for ourselves. The drive of 10 miles to 

 Cashel Hotel was soon accomplished. On passing Bally- 

 nahinch Bridge we saw some Cetcrach officinarum, Desv. 

 Cashel Hotel was built in 1889, and stands on a command- 

 ing site near the sea, and is one of the most charming hotels 

 the club has visited. The landlord, Mr J. J. O'Loghlen, is 

 a man of great energy, and is the most influential person for 

 many miles around. We had the whole hotel to ourselves, 

 and he exerted his utmost to make us comfortable. From 

 Cashel Hotel as a centre, all the good botanising ground of 

 Connemara may be visited, and for comforts of every descrip- 

 tion the hotel is unsurpassed. It is worthy of note that this 

 was the only portion of Ireland visited, where the people 

 never beg. 



Monday, 11th August. — The day was again very fine. In 

 the forenoon some of the party enjoyed a fine sail in Mr 

 O'Loghlen's yacht on the bay ; whilst others botanised 

 Cashel Hill, a mountain 1024 feet high, immediately behind 

 the hotel. The only plants of any note found on the hill 

 were Saxifraga umbrosa, which was very abundant, and 

 Hymenophyllum unilateralc, Willd. Along the roadside we 

 picked Lotus major, Sm. ; Agrimonia EiqKitoria, L. ; and 

 Lycopus europssus, L. ; Daheoeia polifolia, Don, and Osmunda 

 regalis, L., were everywhere very alnindant. In the after- 

 noon some of the party drove back to Craigga More to 

 search ior Erica Mackayi, Hook., and other heaths. Craigga 



