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viscosa, L. ; Potamugeton pi'.sillus, L. ; IJleocharis acicularis, 

 E. Br. Proceeding next to Eoss Bay and the grounds of 

 Muckross Abbey, we found — Equisetuni varierjatum, var. 

 Wilsoni, Newm. ; Callitriche mihtmnalis, L. ; Galium syl- 

 vestre, Poll. ; Lastrcea T/iclypteris, Presl. ; Nitclla NonhU'd- 

 tiana, Groves; N. translucens, Agardh. ; Naias jicxilis, Eostk.; 

 Chara Jiexilis, Desv. ; Potamogeton lucens, L. ; and P. per- 

 foliattis, L. 



In addition to these plants, there were found next day, 

 chiefly in the Muckross Abbey Grounds, by the party who 

 had made the Dunloe excursion, the following : — RvMa 

 peregrina, L. ; Galium borealc, L. (near Lake Hotel) ; 

 Pimpindla major, Huds. (common) ; Geranium lucicliim, 

 L.: Hypericum calycinum, L. (in masses); H. Androscemum, 

 L. (occasionally) ; Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. ; Petasites 

 fragrans, Presl. ; Saponaria officinalis, L. ; Arhutus Unedo, 

 L. ; Veronica Tournefortii, C. Gmel. ; Calamintha officinalis, 

 Moench. ; Carcx panicidata, L. ; C. reynota, L.; C. Bocnning- 

 hausiana, Weihe ; and Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. 



On Thursday, 1st August, the majority of the members 

 of the party with Dr. Scully went on by rail to Kenmare, 

 and put up at the Southern Hotel. At Headford Junction, 

 Senecio vidgaris, var. radiatus, Koch., was abundant. Strol- 

 ling in the neighbourhood of the town in the afternoon, 

 they picked up Pinguicula grandifiora, Lam. (larger than 

 in the Gap of Dunloe); Verbena officinalis, L.; Hypericum 

 humifusum, L. ; Carex divulsa, Good.; Asplenium adiantum- 

 -nigrum, L. ; A. trichomanes, L. ; A. Buta miiraria, L. ; 

 Lastrcea mmida, Brack.; Ceterach officinaricvi, Willd. ; Scolo- 

 pendrium vulgare, Sym. On the seashore — Staticc rarijiora, 

 Drej.; Suceda maritima, Dum.; Salicorniaherhacea,!^.; Aster 

 Tripolium, L. ; and Rumex crisptis, var. littorcus. Hardy. 



On the following day the same party drove to the 

 Cloonee Lakes, on the south side of the Kenmare Eiver, 

 and seven miles distant from the town. On this expedition 

 they had the advantage of the assistance of Mr. Nathaniel 

 Colgan, M.E.I.A., who had come to Kenmare to meet them. 

 He and Dr. Scully are the joint-editors of the valuable 

 " Cybele Hibernica." Several interesting plants were found, 

 notably, Eriocaidon septangidare, With. ; Sisyrinchium 

 angustifolium. Mill ; Microcala filiformis, Hoffm. and Link. ; 



