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Pyrus Malus, L. — One very old tree (var. acerba (DC.)) by the Ooghganny 

 stream near the west end. I believe native. Found also on Inishturk. 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia, L. — Sparingly in one spot on Croaghmore cliffs at 

 about 1,200 feet, with Asplenium viride, &c. 



S. umbrosa, L. — On rough ground at all elevations, from the round stones of 

 the boulder beach at Portlea to the summit of Croaghmore. 



S. Geum, L. — The most interesting plant added to the flora by the field-work 

 of 1909-1911. It grows on two spots on the Croaghmore cliffs at about 

 1,200 feet, in small quantity — a dark green hairy form, the leaf not 

 deeply cordate at the base as in the type, but running into the stem at 

 about right angles. I have an almost identical form in cultivation from 

 Berehaven and from the Pyrenees. A different form of S. Geum was 

 found by Miss Knowles at Old Head, Louisburgh, growing on a bank 

 near a ruined house ; it did not not occur in any other situation there, and 

 was, I believe, an escape from cultivation. 



In the west of Ireland generally, where S. Geum does not occur, one 

 does not encounter those puzzling forms intermediate between Geum and 

 umbrosa which are the despair of the botanist in Kerry. It is interesting 

 to note that a couple of plants of a form distinctly intermediate were 

 seen on Croaghmore, close to one of the colonies of 8. Geum. This suggests 

 a hybrid origin for the intermediate forms. 



S. decipiens, Ehrh. — The Clare Island plant is a very strong- growing hairy 

 form. Elsewhere in Ireland S. decipiens is known from Kerry only. 

 Descends to sea-level (i.e., storm-level) on cliffs at Altnamarnagh. 



Sedum Rhodiola, DC. — Abundant all round the northern and western cliffs, 

 from storm-level to 1,450 feet. Inland on rocks east of the Signal Tower 

 at 800 feet, and sparingly on the cliff on the north slope of Knocknaveen. 



Matricaria discoidea, DC. — Has greatly increased since my visit in 1903. At 

 that time it extended for about half a mile along the roads from the 

 Harbour. It is now nearly continuous from the Harbour for three miles 

 along the chapel road, and is abundant at many places on the lighthouse 

 road. 



Saussurea alpina, DC. — Half a dozen colonies along the 1,200-foot path on 

 Croaghmore. 



[Carduus nutans, L. — " On Clare Island ; Hon. Miss E. Lawless " (Cyb. Sib. 

 ed. ii.) This is one of the very few previous plant-records from the 

 island. Miss Lawless informs me that she gathered plants on Clare 

 Island during her brief visit there at the request of A. G. More, and sent 

 the specimens to him. Eeference to Mr. More's annotated copy of Cybele 

 Hibernian, ed. i., in the Eoyal Irish Academy, shows the above entry in 



