516 GLEANINGS IN WEST GALWAY. [AugUSt, 



The remainder of my stay at Clifden was too mucli within- 

 doors, on account of the obstinacy of the weather, to permit of 

 much being done in the way of exploring. I managed occa- 

 sionally to get out for an hour or so at a time, but was not able 

 to go to any great distance, and therefore can do little more 

 than name a few plants Avhich I observed in such stolen runs. 

 Close .to the town I found Erodium moschatum, Sm. Skirting 

 the mountain road, above the Castle, were the not very rare 

 plants Hypericum quadr unguium, L., H. humifusum, L., H. pul- 

 chrum, L., Lythrum Salicaria, L., Lycopus europcRus, L. On 

 the road leading to Streamstown and the Killeries were Montia 

 fontana, L., and M. rivularis, Gmel., Callitriche platycarpa, 

 Kiitz., and Ranunculus liederaceus, L. Saxifraga umbrosa, L., 

 appeared in one spot in great plenty, of a small and very com- 

 pact habit. Near Ardbear was Erythraa latifolia, Sm., and on 

 the sea-shore large plants of Schoberia maritima, Mey. Juni- 

 perus nana, Willd., grows on the hill between Clifden and Ard- 

 bear Bay, and also a considerable variety of Lichens, among 

 which were several Parmelice, Ramalina farinacea, Ach., Usnea 

 barbata, Kch.., Isidium corallinum, Ach., Sphcerophoron corallo- 

 ides. Turn, and Borr., and Cladonia turgida, Schser. As I do 

 not wish to lengthen this paper, I must omit particular mention 

 of the splendid mountain scenery which has made Connemara 

 the resort of tourists. Were the facilities for travelling in the 

 district still greater, the number of visitors would likely much 

 increase. As it is, there is enough to reward either tourist or 

 naturalist, should he find the weather propitious. 



A Fact for such as believe hi the Transmutation of Species. 



On the twenty-third of June I found a Grass on a heap of soil 

 near Kensal New Town, which, at first, I supposed to be a species 

 of Festuca, but on examining it, discovered that it was really a 

 specimen of Lolium perenne, L. The inflorescence was very ab- 

 normal, being a dense and considerably branched panicle, very 

 difi"erent from anything I have observed before. I am familiar 

 with what may be called the cristate state of the plant, in which 

 the spikelets are set on at nearly a right angle with the rachis. 

 I have also seen a double spike on one cidm. In the present 

 instance it is a fully developed panicle, bearing at least five 



