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MWEELEEA. 



2500 feet. 



Leontodon autumnalis (Willd.) (var. taraxaci.) — Eidge above Lough 

 Brawn, 2350; M-^eelrea, 1500 {L. autunuialis.) Thence common. 



Aira cosspitosa (Linn.) (var. aljpina.) — To 2100 ; Ben Gorm, 2200 ; 

 ITaamtrasna, 2120 to 2100. JS^ot met "with on the Twelve Bens, 

 or other Galway mountains, and only occurring at great heights. 

 Plentiful in some parts of lEweelrea, and on ]\Iaamtrasna (Foma- 

 more) table-land. 



Lycoijodium alfinum (Linn.) — Eidge above Lough Brawn, 2450 ; Cur- 

 . raun Achill, 1560; ^yiaamtui'k range, 2000 to 1950. This, with 

 Salix herlacea and Carex rigida, are the only truly alpine species 

 which grow on the quartzite mountains. They, especially the 

 present species, appear to prefer a siliceous soil. Plentiful in 

 each locality cited. 



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2450 feet. 



Saxifraga stellaris (Linn.) — To 2400 ; Xephinbeg and Corslieve, 2000 

 to 1400; AchiU, 2080 to 1825; :\Iweelrea, 2300 to 1650, and 

 1050 in Glenlaur ; Twelve Bens, 2240 to 1650 ; ILaamturk range, 

 1700. Rather sparingly distributed. 



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2450 feet. 



Cerastium triviale {JAnk.) — And at 2100; Croaghpatrick, 1370. Abun- 

 dant below. Scarce at high levels. 



PtIDGE AEOVE LoUGH BeAWIT, LoTJGHXY ]\It. (lIwEELEEA GrEOCP). 



2400 feet. 



Gewn rivale (Linn.) — llaamtrasna, 1750 ; Twelve Bens, 1850 to 1500. 



A local plant, and not seen elsewhere. Not on the quartzite. 

 Saxifraga op2^ositifoUa (Linn.) — Maamturk range, 1100 to 910; Twelve 



Bens; Ben Letteiy, 1520 to 1310; Muckanaght, 1700 to 1470. 



Exceedingly scarce in the only Mayo locality. More plentiM. on 



Muckanaght ; but rare in Galway also. jS"ever on quartzite. 

 Antennaria dioica (Goert.) — To low levels at Doo Lough. Occurs on 



most of the mountains, quartzite or otherwise, fi'om about 2000 



to 1000. 



