Clare Island Survey — Phanerogamic. 



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Ten more are woodland species — trees or shade-plants — brought in by the 

 comparative shelter which obtains on Clare Island. Populus tremula is the 

 only species of this group in the " absent " list. Three hydrophytes also figure, 

 against one {Lobelia Dortmanna) absent. 



Present on Inishtuek only. 



Trifolium arvense. Carlina vulgaris. 



Rubus erythrinus. Euphorbia hiberna. 



E. Borreri. Phleum pratense. 



Crataegus Oxyacantha. Holcus mollis. 



Drosera intermedia. Isoetes lacustris. 

 Anthriscus sylvestris. 12 in all. 



Sherardia arvensis. 



Absent from Inishtuek only. 



Eanunculus hederaceus. 

 Nuphar luteum. 

 Sisymbrium officinale. 

 Raphanus Raphanistruni. 

 Spergularia salina. 

 Ulex europaeus. 

 Vicia hirsuta. 

 Potentilla proeumbens. 

 Pyrus Aucuparia. 

 Drosera anglica. 

 Sedum acre. 

 Callitviulie hamulata. 

 Peplis Portula. 

 Conium maculatum. 

 Apium inundatum. 

 Bidens tripartita. 

 Pulicaria dysenterica. 

 Senecio sylvaticus. 

 Campanula rotundifolia. 

 Vacsinium Myrtillus. 

 Convolvulus arvensis. 

 Symphytum officinale. 



Scroplmlaria aquatica. 

 Veronica scutellata. 

 V. Tournefortii. 

 Pedicularis palustris. 

 Utricularia intermedia. 

 Salsola Kali. 

 Polygonum amphibium. 

 P. Rah. 



Rumex eonglomeratus. 

 Myrica Gale. 

 Luzula campestris. 

 Sparganium ramosmn. 

 Lemna minor. 

 Potamogeton pusillus. 

 Scirpus maritimus. 

 Rhynchospora alba. 

 Eriophorum vaginatum. 

 Carex arenaria. 

 C. ampullacea. 

 Agropyron junceum. 

 Hymenopbyllum unilaterale. 

 43 in all. 



Here the only feature of the " present " list is a group of three woodland 

 species {Crataegus Oxyacantha, Anthriscus sylvestris, Euphorbia hiberna). The 

 first occurred as one young bush, rooted in a chink of the rocks (bird-sown 

 probably). The others are confined to the sheltered, bushy slope over the 

 harbour. In the "absent" list a conspicuous feature is the number of hydro- 

 phytes (thirteen species), a result of the paucity of lakelets ; while the absence 



