NOTES OF A BOTANICAL TOUR IN WEST IRELAND. 21 
but obtained a few pieces in very young bud. Contiguous to the 
Potamogeton was a curious depauperate form of Juncus supinus 
Meench., which Mr. A. Bennett considers is sa identical with 
J. fluitans Lam. At Cong Nitella flexilis Ag. occurred, Gentiana 
Amarella and strong-growing forms of Potamogeton poten and P, 
crispus, of which only foliage was obtained. Near Headford, 
Co. Mayo, we met with Inula Helenium L. and Papaver somniferum, 
but probably a introduced. 
Our next stopping-place was Sligo, where we devoted one day 
to the jaitiiskicadson of Ben Bulben. Thou gh this mountain is of so 
low an altitude (1700 ft.), its fine north- po aie face presenting a 
e of precipitous rocks ranging between the levels of 1100 and 
1600 ft., makes it exceedingly interesting from the botanical point of 
view. We skirted these rocks and found Pol ygala grandiflora Bab. 
very mae Dryas octopetala L. in no great sega ay Bate 
the ordinary form, a form of Salix phylicifolia ‘* Linn. n fruit; 
poy sylvestre Poll., Keleria cristata Pers., apparently the ped Tae 
form; Draba incana Te Hieracium anglicum Fries, Sesleria caerulea 
Scop., Leontodon pratensis Koch, Thalictrum minus L. var. montanum ; 
and hi gher up, on steep grassy slopes, Sawxifraga hy ypnoides Ly. and 
with b 
with ie a form the leaves of the barren stem much more 
divided, whic 7A nnett considers to be sponhemica Gmel. 
Arenaria ciliata L. does not occur in Ben en, but on King’s 
Mountain, a separate peak of the group. In the outskirts of Sligo, 
on cultivated Sei occurred Mentha arvensis L. var. precox, On our 
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foliage, was plentiful ; gi beeey the second mill it was flowering ani 
fruiting freely. the canal by the side of the river was growing 
Potamogeton decipiens Helio ui i uit. 
Appended is a list of plants pbserved by us, which are not 
recorded in the ‘ Cybele Hibernica 
Caltha minor. Kerry 
Raphanus maritimus S Ba. on ae Galway W. 
Elatine hexandra DC. Killar erry. 
Polygala_oxyptera Reich. Rawitetond. Galway W. 
Radiola Millegrana 8m. Roundstone, Galway W. 
Leontodon pratensis Koch. Ben Bulben, 
Salix incubacea L. Roundstone, Galway “W.—S. Smithiana © 
Galway W. 
Potamogeton mucronatus Schrad. Roundstone, Galway W. 
Alisma repens Davies. Killarney, Kerry. 
Juncus obtusiflorus Ehrh. Galway EK. and W. 
Scirpus uniglumis Link. Oughterard, Galway W. 
dira alpina erry. 
Equisetum fluviatile L. Killarney, Galway W. 
Nitella ae Ag. Killarney, Kerry; pa Mayo. — N. opace 
erry.—N. translucens Ag. Killarney, Kerry; pa 
Roundstone, Galway. 
Chara contraria Kuetz. L. Dearg, chads E. — €. 
hispida L. 
L. _—_ Galway E.—C. teh mes ha A.Br. L. Dearg, =? EK. 
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