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The plants shown were part of a collection made by the 

 lecturer in the course of two short trips to the West of Ireland 

 during the preceding Summer. The first was at Whitsuntide, and 

 was confined to the district around the town of Galway, including 

 Ballycuirke Lough. The second was in mid-July, when a week 

 was spent at Roundstone, a classic botanical centre in South-west 

 Galway. 



Of the plants exhibited from the former district the most 

 interesting species to our local Members were: — Gentiana verna, 

 Dryas octopetala, Cerastium arvense, var. Andrewsii, and Habenaria 

 intarta. Mr. Tomlinson has already recorded in the Irish 

 Naturalist (Vol. XVIIL, p. 156), the occurrence of the two last- 

 mentioned which he found at Gentian Hill, on Galway Bay, a 

 new locality in both cases, and an interesting extension of range. 



The Roundstone plants displayed included the following : — 

 From Cregduff Lough and neighbourhood — Eriocaulon septangu- 

 lare, Lobelia Dortmanna, Cladium Manscus, Drosera anglica, D. 

 intermedia, Dabeocia polifolia, Pinguicula lusitanica, Scutellaria 

 minor, and Selaginella selaginoides. From Dog's Bay district— 

 Arabis ciliata, Chlora perfoliata, Carlina vulgaris, Centaurea 

 Scabiosa, and Sesleria ccentlea. From Urrisbeg Mountain (987 

 feet), which dominates the village of Roundstone on the west, 

 were shown fine specimens of the Mediterranean Heath, Erica 

 mediterranea, as also of funiperus nana and Eriophorum latifolium. 

 From Craigga More Lough were specimens of Erica Mackaii and 

 Taxus baccata. Both these plants occur on the east and north- 

 east side of the Lough. Mackay's Heath appears to be confined 

 in the British Isles to the Roundstone neighbourhood, and Craigga 

 More is its headquarters. 



Mr. Tomlinson pointed out some peculiar features of the 

 flora of the district, and gave many practical hints for the guidance 

 of members intending to visit Roundstone in future. With 

 reference to the habitat of the Mediterranean Heath, in a boggy 

 valley on the west slope of the Urrisbeg range, he mentioned that 



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