NOTES OF A BOTANICAL TOUR IN WEST IRELAND. 19 
Myriophyllum eo DC., a eRe minimum Fries, Hpi- 
pactis —— g., and Kquisetum fluviat .; and along the 
shore west from Ross Castle Hypericum asian Leers., and 
yeas odorata Miller. H. Androsemum L., was notice in 
several places. A second day was spent upon the wooded and 
rocky slopes of Turk Mountain. Here Saaifraga wmbrosa L., and 
S. Geum L., were obtained. The most prevalent form of 8. wnbrosa, 
owever, was S. punctata Haw., typical es ett with blunt crena- 
tions on its leaves being rather scarce. 8S. serrata of Lond. Cat 
(S. sera sgt te MacKay), and S. hirsuta L., were afte o fairly plentiful. 
By t e below was growing a form of Thalictrum minus L., 
a sbpeate: to be var. maritimum. 
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Fries, Ginanthe Lachenalii Gmel., and in great plenty, by 
houses along the roadside, age didyma Pers. From —o we 
had a day on Connor Hill and Brandon Mountain. Connor Hill 
gave us, close to the road, Rosaye elegans Mackay, as wall: as S, 
hirsuta L., S. umbrosa L., and 8. stellaris L. Ishould mention here 
that several Saxifrage forms which were gathered by us seem a8 
rueTerpen partaking of the characters which belong to two or thre 
the ‘‘ species,” viz., wnbrosa, Geum, and hirsuta. Whether thi 
is . to hybridism of two different species or to variation of on 
species ae potpe be settled by cultivation of the several forse 
= who Sir J. Hooker, incline to the belief that S. umbrosa 
S. diem are one species, may see in the above-mentioned fact 
soalitination of their view. Along with the Saxifrages Pinguicula 
=", a Lam., in fruit, was abundant. A plant of Trichomanes 
dicans Swartz. “had been gathered here shortly — ne the 
ase slopes of Brandon we observed Bartsia viscosa L., we 
advanced upwards Caltha minor Syme, Alchemilla alpina Lv Hier 
cium anglicum Fries (with a rather unusually leafy stem), being in 
our judgment the var. decipiens Syme, and Carex rigida Good., were 
no ticed. But it was only whe en we got within 300 ft. = the summit 
haa ri i Willd. aa — to the top a few patches of S. caspito osa LL. 
were found. There was a ine ae le difference in the hairiness of 
pteris ilestota Hook. was growing here and there on the upper parts 
of the mountain ; C. iste proper ha been found there, but we 
did not see it, Desce cending, we came upon Aira alpina L., and fine 
Saaifraga umbrosa, var. serrata ener — =o a consider- 
able altitude, and one or two pools full of Jsvete 2 
From Kerry we passed to Portecna, at ee northern 
extremity of f Lake Dearg. On the shore near Portumna a creeping 
Helosciadium was plentiful, which we at first identified with H. 
repens and it agrees with specimens sent out under that 
