182 THE PLANTS OF THE ARAN ISLANDS. 



Chrysospleniwn oppositifolium L. Near Oghil. 

 [Sempervivum tectorum L. Kilronan, planted on tops of houses.] 

 Conopodium denudatum Koch. North Isle. 

 Cuscuta Epithymum Murr. Kilniurvy and Killeany. 

 Melampyrum pra tense L. var. latifolium (Syme). Dun Oghil. 

 Origanum vulgare L. Near Seven Churches. 

 Salix repens L. Near Cowragh. 



Orchis latifolia L. Near Dun Aengus. — *0. maculata L. North 

 Island. 



Ophrys apifera Huds. Kilronan and Kilmurvy. 



Allium ursinum L. Near Lough Atalia. 



Juncus Gerardi Lois. Common on damp ground. 



Typha latifolia L. var. media Syme. Middle Island. 

 * Potamogeton polygonifolius Pour. Pool near Onacht. 



Z annichellia palustris L. Pool near Kilronan. 

 *Eleocharis palustris E. Br. North Island. 



* Car ex pnlicaris L. Near Dun Oghil. — G. Goodenowii J. Gay. 

 North Island. — *(7. panicea L. and *(?. externa Good. Near Dun 

 Aengus. 



Holcus mollis L. North Island. 



Trisetum fiavescens Beauv. Near Black Fort. 



A vena pubescens Huds. Near Black Fort. — [A. strigosa Schreb. 

 Near Kilronan.] 



*Sieglingia decumbens Bernh. North Island. 

 *Koeleria cristata Pers. Frequent on North Island. 

 *Poa trivialis L. Near Black Fort. 



*Festuca sciuroides Both. Killeany. 



Agropyron caninum Beauv. Near Black Fort. 

 *Lastraa Filix-mas Presl. Near Oghil. 



Botrychium Lunaria Sw. Cowragh. 



Chara aspera Willd. and C. vulgaris L. Kilronan and Killeany. 



The localities given are on the North Island, unless otherwise 

 specified. 



Of the rarer plants now recorded for the first time, Erodium 

 waritimum was met with sparingly between Kilronan and Killeany, 

 and a few plants of Trifoliuni striatum were noticed on the west 

 coast of the North Island near the Black Fort. Cuscuta Epitkymuw 

 occurred in profusion in two sandy fields near the shore, one near 

 Killeany, and the other at Kilmurvy Bay. It covered large patches 

 ot ground, and was parasitic on Lotus corniculatus and other plants. 

 Though not in flower at the time of our visit, there can be no doubt 

 as to the species. The fields in which it was found showed no 

 signs whatever of cultivation, thus opposing the idea that it may 

 have been introduced with agricultural seeds. Melampyrum pratense 

 was found sparingly in a single locality near Dun Oghil. Ophrys 

 apifera was sparsely distributed over a moderate area on the North 

 Island ; and Typha latifolia var. media occurred in a solitary, small 

 pool in the rock on the Middle Island. Of Botrychium Lunaria 

 only a single specimen was seen, near the shore below Cowragh. 



Besides the plants named in the list, a remarkably glabrous 

 form of Avena pubescem was met with, and also a very dwarf and 



