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scarce Donegal alpine. As it is, I believe, extinct in Ben Eve- 
nagh, in Rigi Ranks this is aia: its eastern pan ; reland. 
Alon steep grassy slopes here there was a remarkable 
pattern of Biaatatcls Sec and pacaaiant nade or tracks, due 
to sheep-grazing. ‘This curious feature has often been com mmented 
producing the most diabolical surface possible to walk over. In 
Mayo | have watched this — be sy is usually the result, of 
ae of many generations of ¢ 
t Glengad I left the cliffs for Foisiss " The lack of gullies along 
this coast renders them, perhaps, botanically, barren and shelterless. 
But w 
t what might grow on the bases of some of th uld only b 
found out from a boat. An pierre long grassy road fetched 
me due west off my course, but w set foot on it I felt I would 
presently be certain to tread upon Anthabite nobilis, and sure enough 
it was abundant ere long. It is a rather rare or very local plant, 
and these old packhorse roads are oe favourite abode. The name of 
this ay on the map is Lagawolla 
—Returned to ge ee to have a further search 
for eee Pride. On the way I waar the hills about Lag, 
which are infested with rabbits. I found Carduus on i to be 
quite common here, evidently its headquarters in Done I have 
found it wind bee h (not far off) sparingly, 0 eandiees in 
Donegal only near Be lias a habitat as far as possible apart from 
the present, se the stage In steep waste ground of nettles and 
coarse weeds, Alliaria officinalis occurs in quantity. This is also a 
very rare Donegal plant, for ‘pce I had only two other localities 
in the county, neither of them in Inishowen. Agrimonia here 
grows very large. The form plete was, I think, unmistakable, 
though the smell was, as usual, a rather imaginary adjunct. The 
montane silvery form of Alchemilla vulgaris is well marked. 
Lycopsis occurs in the potato-fields. plant or two of poppy have 
ee so far north (Papaver dubium). “2 Itheas hardly reaches 
the Keenagh stream up to nea r its source for about three miles. 
Being the most northern seen in Ireland, I thought it deserved 
attention and might yield something creditable. But it wasn’t 
worth it. Its banks are the fits of sand-martins in some places, 
not at all a common Donegal bird. rinse crocata occurs here 
and there; it is quite scarce in many parts of Donegal. A large, 
branched, coarse Leontodon, with very Hack involucres, agreed with 
L. autumnalis var. sordida of Babington. I believe this is a capital 
trout naire ut I left it in great disgust and a torrent of rain. 
the rondside, Inula Helenium is an epoch Pat and nearer 
Malin is a good patch of Allium Babingtonii Along 
the roads in here there is a variety of Candie ealonels, of which 
Jougnat or Borany.—Vou,. 37. [Marcu, 1899.] K 
