Hart — Flora of the Mountains of Mayo and Galway. 699 



The whole is about two-thirds of the alpine flora of Ireland. Alpine 

 varieties of Armeria maritima, Alchemilla vulgaris, Plantago maritima, 

 P. lanceolata, and Silene maritima also occur. 



The Scottish or northern group is well represented. 



Thalictrum minus. 

 Subularia aquatica. 

 Drosera angHca. 

 Sagina subulata. 

 Rubus saxatilis. 

 Crepis paludosa. 

 Antennaria dioica. 

 Lobelia dortmanna. 



Pinguicula vulgaris. 

 Empetrum nigrum. 

 Salix phylicifolia. 

 Listera cordata. 

 Habenaria albida. 

 Eriocaulon septangulare. 

 Carex limosa. 

 C. iiliformis. 



Several others occur in other parts of the district at low levels, as 

 may be seen in the " Cybele Hibernica." Of the above, Salix phylicifolia 

 is an addition to the Flora of district 8. Somewhat more than half the 

 total number of the group occurring in Ireland are met with in the 

 west of Mayo and Gralway. 



Of Watson's Atlantic type, the following plants occur on the sides 

 of the mountains, mostly at low levels,: — 



Meconopsis cambrica, 

 Sedum angiicum, 

 Cotyledon umbilicus, 

 Rubia peregrina, 

 Hypericum androsaemum, 

 H. elodes, 

 Pinguicula lusitanica, 



Scirpus savii, 

 Lastrea semula, 

 Adiantum capillus-veneris, 

 Hymenophyllum tunbrid- 



gense, 

 H. wilsoni, 



and several others along the coast. 



Several other prevalent species in the west would advantageously 

 be included in this group, to which their distribution in Ireland 

 apparently refers them. 



Since my general list is aiTanged with a view to exhibiting the 

 vertical ranges, it is out of all systematic order, and it becomes difiScult 

 to refer to it for localities for the rarer species. I will therefore enu- 

 merate the rarest discoveries made, several of these being found in the 

 lowlands during my excursions from one chain to another. Those 

 italicized are additions to the flora of District 8 of the "' Cybele Hiber- 

 nica" and to Mr. More's supplement. 



Thalictrum alpinum (Linn.) — Croaghpatrick, Ben Choona, Maam 

 Turk (Maumeen), Muckanaght and Ben Lettery. Recorded by 

 "Wade from Lettery, and by Dr. Moore from the " mountain above 

 Kylemore castle," a hill which I omitted to visit. 



T. minus (Linn.), var. montanum, (Wallr.) — Mweelrea, and Ben 

 Choona. Chiefly known previously on the stony shores of the 

 larger lakes. 



Meconopsis cambrica (Vig.) — Muckanaght in Bennabeola. Found 

 previously near Clifden. 



