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December, 
other plants indicating a well-developed outlier of the Burren 
flora. The neighbourhood of Lackagh yielded Inula Helenium 
run wild, and about the old castle Cerastium tetrandrum, 
Calanmitha officinalis^ Lamium ijiter'viedium. The esker lying 
north of Athenry furnishes interesting ground. Here grows 
plenty of J2i7iiperus iiana (new to N.E. Galway), and Ophrys 
muscifera ; and in less quantity O. apifera, Ophioglossum mil- 
gatu7n, and Botrychiiim Lunaria. Near Cregmore Bridge 
Crepis bieimis, another addition to the local flora, fills several 
fields. 
After a day and a half at Athenry, we cycled north-westward 
across the low limestone country, crossed Lough Corrib at 
Kilbeg ferry, and halted at Oughterard, on the edge of the 
Connaught highlands. The neighbourhood of Claregalway 
yielded some additions to the flora of N.E- Galwa}^ which are 
listed later on ; and Gerafmim sangtiineum was abundant with 
Ono7iis arveiisis in heathy fields near the same place. At Kil- 
beg the Bee Orchis grew in profusion on the lake shore east 
of the ferry. On the Connemara side, the limestones were 
thickly colonized by Euphrasia Salisburgefisis, new to W. 
Galway. 
At Oughterard a search for Potentilla fruticosa in Wade's 
old station (1804) below Lemonfield was not successful. On 
the lyOUgh Corrib shore further north Ce7itu7icuhis 7ninimus 
was plentiful, and about the interesting ruins of Aughnanure 
castle, built on limestone tunnelled by water channels, there 
grtw Fetroselinu7n sativu7n^ Lithosp€r77iu77i offci7ialey Verbascum 
Thapstis, Calami7itha offici7ialis^ and Taxus baccata. Our second 
day at Oughterard was spent on the limestones about Moy- 
cullen. Ballycuirke Lough proved interesting. The western 
shore, formed of metamorphic rocks, had a regular Connemara 
flora.— Dabeocia polifolia, Lobelia Dort77ian7ia,Eriocaulon septa7i' 
gulare, and so on. The eastern side is on the limestone, and 
low bluffs overlook the margin. Here there are many good 
plants. Dry as octopetala is plentiful on the bluff's : its previous 
W. Galway stations are Gentian Hill near Galway, and 
Lisoughter near Recess. In three places Neoti7iea intacia was 
obtained, being abundant in one of the three. Its previous 
W. Galway record rests on a few fruiting specimens from Ross 
Lake (1899). On the lake shore grew Ophrys muscifera and 
