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THEEE DAYS AT KILLARNEY. 

 By the Rev. W. M. Hind. 



As it is not my purpose to describe the scenery around tlie far- 

 famed Lakes of Killarney^ but simply to mention some of the 

 rarer plants gathered during a very short stay in that interesting 

 neighbourhood, I hope to confine my remarks "within a small 

 compass. Suffice it to say that I found myself comfortably lodged 

 at Cotter's Lake Hotel late in the evening of June 24th, 1856. 

 On the following morning I set off for the Tore Waterfall, and 

 searched in vain for Trichomanes radicans, though I examined 

 both sides of the cascade to a considerable height. My discove- 

 ries here were principally Saxift^aga umbrosa, Lin., S. geum, Lin., 

 S. steUaris, Lin., and Athyrium molle, Roth. Returning by Mu- 

 cruss x4.bbey, which came in for its due share of my attention and 

 admiration, I proceeded to Dinas Island, between the Upper and 

 Middle Lakes. The low meadow-grounds in Mucruss demesne 

 were beautifully dotted with the brilliant spikes of Orchis lati- 

 folia, Lin. The larger forms had the leaves veiy handsomely 

 marked or spotted ; the smaller were spotless, and of the form O. 

 incarnata, Lin. On Dinas Island, and in fact almost everywhere 

 throughout the Lake District, Osmunda regalis, Lin., appeared in 

 great profusion. Here also I met with Salix repens, Sm., and S. 

 prostrata, Sm., Myrica Gale, Lin. (everywhere plentiful), Litto- 

 rella lacustris, Lin., and of course Killarney's pride, the Arbutus 

 Unedo, Lin. By boat I nest proceeded to the Lower Lake, 

 landing first at Lady Kenmare's cottage, and next at O' Sullivan's 

 Cascade, where I gathered Eiqjhorbia hiberna, Lin., and Hymeno- 

 phylluTii Tunbridgense, Sm. ; the latter was very fine and in great 

 quantity. Lastrea Fcenisecii, Wats., was also abundant, but not 

 sufficiently advanced to form desirable specimens for the herba- 

 rium. Innisfallen I found richer in ecclesiastical remains than 

 in plants, and therefore devoted the time spent on that island to 

 the examination of its churches, and Avas well repaid; still I 

 could not help seeing Rubia peregrhia, Lin., Rosa spinosissima, 

 etc. Ross Island finds its principal attractions in its fine old 

 castle and the views from its summit. Antirrhinum majus, Liu., 

 with other plants, ornament the castle walls. 



June 26th. — Crossing the Lower Lake, and landing near the 



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