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small lake at the north, end of Achill Island : More i8yj. Lakes 

 near Inveran, lar Connaught, 1895; Lough Inagh; Derryclare 

 Lough, and other lakes in Glen Inagh, 1897 ; iV. C. North side of 

 Lough Mask, 1891 ; iJ. P. Vowell, Abundant on the north-west 

 shore of Lough Corrib ; in the Narrow Lake, Lough Mask ; Lough 

 Coolin near Clonbur ; and in Lough-na-Dirkbeg, Maamtrasna : 

 M. Sf S. i8g6. — ^XI. Abundant in the lakes of the Eosses, Donegal : 

 Murphy j8sg. In two small lakes west of Loughanure in the 

 Hosses : B.art iS'jq. Lough Berag near Naren, Donegal {Admiral 

 ■ Jones) : Cyh, In a small lake on Kineashla Point ; abundant in 

 lough Aleokmore, north of Trawenagh Bay : Sort i88o Sf i88i /?. 

 Kiltooris Lake near Ardara : Ha/rt i88b. 



To 300 ft. in Galway {Oliver) ; to 1000 ft. in Cork {Sa/rt) ; but 

 visually lowland. 



First found in Ireland, in Connemara, by Dr, "Walter "Wade in 

 1801. 



A North American species not found on the European continent, 

 and confined in Gtreat Britain to the islands of Skye and Coll in 

 •Scotland. Extends along nearly the whole west coast of Ireland 

 ■and is especially abundant in Connemara. 



OEDEK LXXVI.— CYPERACEiE. 



ELEOCHAEIS E.Br. 



1. E. acicularis E, Br. — Least Spihe-rush. 



Districts I. — III. — y. VI. VII. — IX. X. — XII. 



■Lat. 52°-55°. Prom South to North. Type, English-British. 



Lowland. "Wet sandy lake margins, and edges of rivers and 

 canals ; rather frequent, Fl. July- August. 



I. Abundant about Castlelough Bay and Muokross shore. 

 Lower Lake of Killarney ; also along the river Laune, from near its 

 •exit from the Lake to Eallorglin : R. W. S. i888.— III. In the 

 Grand Canal between Monasterevan and Portarlington, Queen's Co.; 

 and — V. Near Monasterevan, Kildare {Praeger) : Ir. Wat, i8g3. — 

 VI. On the banks of Lough Derg near Portumna {Moore) : Cyh. 

 Sheokamore Lake and Inchiquin Lake, Co. Clare ; P. B. 0^ Kelly. — 



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