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^„-^ Second Yisit. 



Aug. 5. "Walked from AtUone, by west bank of river, to lake ; home 



by road. 

 ,, 6. Athlone, by east bank of rirer, to Coosan Point, Hare 



Island, returning by west shore of Coosan Lough. 

 ,, 7. By road to Curry Hill, returning by shore of lake to Athlone.- 

 ,, 8. By boat to Killinure Point; shore of Killinure Lough to 



Lady "Well and Toberclare ; Lough Makeegan, Three 



Pigeons, and by Eiver Inny from Tongbridge ta 



Ballymahon. 

 „ 9. Ballymahon, by road, to Eoyal Canal, Drum Lough, 



Gorteen, Derrymacar Lough ; by road through Cal- 



tragh to Lough Bannow and Lanesboro', 

 ,, 10. Lanesboro', by shore, to Clooneigh Eiver, Clooncah, Brack- 



nagh, and Knockcroghery. 

 „ 11. From Athlone, by boat, to near Clonmacnoise, returning 



on foot by east bank of Shannon. 



All the localities above-mentioned are taken from the One Inch 

 Ordnance Survey Map. 



The entire ground over which our examination extended is in- 

 cluded in districts 7 and 9 of the " Cybele Hibernica." Con- 

 sidering that none of the localities examined were more than a few 

 feet over the level of the lake, and the flora being therefore a purely 

 lowland one, the district has proved fairly productive, 481 species 

 having been observed. 



Omitting doubtful plants, 74 of these are new to district 7, in 

 Leinster, and 39 new to district 9, in Connaught. 



The following species, although recorded from every one of the 

 twelve botanical districts in the " Cybele Hibernica," or in its 1872 

 Supplement, were not observed : — 



Hypericum humifusum. 



PepUs portula. 



Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. — Rather scarce on limestone. 



Gnaphalium uliyinosum. — This species might be expected. 



Symphytum officinale. 



Solanum dulcamara. — A local plant, but nevertheless recorded 



from every district. 

 Scutellaria yalericulata. — Local ; but might be expected on the 



shores of Lough Bee. 

 Teucrium scorodonia. — This species and the next seems rare in 



some districts. They were not met with round Lough 



Erne (see antea, p. 16). 

 Pinyuicula lusitanica. 

 Rumex conylomeratus. — Perhaps overlooked ; though it seems less 



common in Ireland than P. sanyuineus, crispus or ohtusifolius. 

 Jnneus lamprocarpus. — Perhaps J. articulatus has been confounded 



with this species in some Irish records. 



