Bakrington — Report on the Flora of Lough Erne. 3 



Vith the exception of tlie mountain species gathered on the side 

 of Shean, all were collected between the lake level, 150 feet and 250 

 feet, or within a vertical range of 100 feet. 



The great extent of shore made it impossible to go over all the 

 ground, even at a rapid pace, and my examination of the district 

 is not yet complete. Altogether I spent about three weeks there, 

 from the 6th to the 11th August, 1881, and fi'om the 10th to the 

 24th June, 1882; and the various localities examined were as fol- 

 lows : — 



1881. 



August 7, . . 



„ i^, ■ . 



,, y, . . 



„ 10, . . 



„ 11, . . 



1882. 



June 10, 11, 12, 



Shore between Enniskillen and Rossclare. 

 Marshes near Oldcastle, Enniskillen, and Islands 



of Devenish, Trasna, &c. 

 Eabbit, Horse and Kinnausy Islands, and Grubbaroe 



Point, Kesh. 

 Belleek. 

 Belleek to Enniskillen, bv road and shore. 



Camped on Devenish Island, of the flora of which 

 I made a tolerably complete list. 

 13, 14, . White Island, Ferney, &c. 



15, . . Ely Lodge and Castle Hume. 



16, . . Owl, Goat, Graff er, jSTamanfin and Gay Islands, 

 from Blaney Bay. 



17, . . Blaney Bay to PoUaphuca and Shean. 



18, . . Owl Island, !N"amanfiji and Gubbaroe, Kesh. 



19, . . Blaney Bay to Bellisle on the upper lake. 



20, . . Bellisle to shore near Lisnaskea. 



21, . . Lisnaskea to Crum. 



22, 23, . Crum. 

 24, . . Crum to Belturbet by river. 



The method adopted was to gather a specimen of every species, 

 no matter how common, and mark it off in my list each evening, 

 as they were taken out of the vasculum one by one. All rarities 

 and critical species, and many common ones, were then set aside 

 and dried for examination at home. 



During my second visit a boat was hired in Enniskillen, and I 

 camped in a tent, brought for the pui-pose, on the various islands 

 and portions of the shore I was desirous of exploring. 



The district has, on the whole, been fairly productive of species ; 

 I have to report to the Academy the occurrence of 417 — fifty-nine 

 of which have not hitherto been recorded from District X. of the 

 " Cybele Hibernica," to which Lough Erne belongs, nor have they 

 been added in a Supplement to it, published by Mr. A. G. More, 

 in 1872. 



