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Courtown, on the east side in County Wexford, but it has spread 

 slightly. Carex extensa is abundant here. Although continually 

 watching, I could see no Atriplices except A. BaMngtonii. Near the 

 point at the mouth of the harbour, opposite Dingle, Trifolium medium 

 is abundant, and with it Saxifraga umhrosa as a seaside species on a 

 low coast. Having rounded the point and turned westwards, samphire 

 becomes frequent, ITceleria cristata and Festuca scincoides, and a 

 monstrous form of Cynosurus cristatus, with ovate subpaniculate 

 inflorescence. On the slate cliffs, under Ballymacadoyle Hill, a great 

 breeding place for shags, I gathered JEwpliorlia portlandica. Near 

 Ballymore, Sabenaria viridis, not uncommon, and on my way back to 

 Dingle from Ventry, Salix smithiana and Scropliularia aquatica oc- 

 curred in several places. On the following day (12th), I went back 

 to Yentry, round the west side of the harbour, and up Mount Eagle. 

 Near Yentry, in a marsh on the sands, Carex dioica, Vtricularia minor, 

 and U. vulgaris were noted. On poor upland slopes, east of Mount 

 Eagle, E'upliorlia hylerna, Bartsia viscosa, and Lotus major prevail. 

 Alchemilla vulgaris reaches large dimensions here, some of the leaves I 

 measured being six inches across. At Mount Eagle Lough, Isoetes 

 lacustris and Sedum rliodiola represent the northern species. In 

 marshy, rushy ground west of Yentry Harbour, CEnanthe pimpinel- 

 loides and Triticum acutum are common. From Yentry Harbour, I 

 crossed the isthmus of bog and mountain to its counterpart, Smerwick 

 Harbour, on the northern shore of the peninsula across about four 

 miles, to Ballynagall. 



July loth. — Followed the coast line from Ballynagall northwards 

 and eastwards, round Ballydavid Head, to the point I had reached on 

 the 8th, close to Ballyvoe. Nothing of particular interest was met 

 with until reaching a sandy bay at Feohanagh, about two miles away. 

 Althcea officinalis occurred by a brook between a cabin and the sea. 

 At the sandy bay in the southern nook formed by Ballydavid Head, 

 close to Feohanagh, Trifolium fragiferum is abundant, forming the 

 sward on both sides at the mouth of a stream ; Kceleria cristata and 

 Asperula cynancMca also occur here, and by the roadside along the side 

 of the bay north of Feohanagh, Atriplex angustifolia and Radiolu mille- 

 grana are not uncommon. Amongst heavy heather, at about 700 feet 

 above sea level near Ballydavid Signal Tower, Lister a cor data was 

 again found. Along the Feohanagh river, about a mile up, Carex limosa, 

 Achillea ptarmica, Veronica scutellata, and CEnanthe crocata were the 

 most noteworthy, and on the way back across the moorland I observed 

 Scirpus savii, Centunculus minimus, Rhynchospora alba, Vtricularia 

 minor, Scutellaria minor, and Radiola millegrana. Pretty white varie- 

 ties of Jasione montana and Prunella vulgaris decorate the banks, and 

 I have never seen Sypericujm elodes so abundant anywhere. In the 

 bed of the stream at Murriagh, a squalid group of hovels near Bally- 

 nagall, Mentha pulegium is very abundant. In all these boggy places, 

 Alisma ranunculoicles is a characteristic species. A low, wet stretch 

 of ground, in some places inundated, between Castle Gallarus and the 



