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The Irish Naturalist. 
Decembef, 
especially well-drained positions, delighting in the little nearly 
vertical fringe of Wild Thyme and grass that edges boulders 
and rocks, and also the Thyme-covered bosses which mark 
the nests of a small yellow ant. In the latter situation the 
ants, by "earthing up" the plants in the course of their 
operations, stimulate their growth, and here I gathered the 
finest E. Salisbiirge7isis I ever saw — regular little bushes up to 
12 inches in circumference and 2 J inches in height. We 
eventually traced the plant from Cregduflf Lough near Round- 
stone along the coast, over the top of Bunowen Hill, to near 
Slyne Head, and thence north to Mannin Bay. On the whole 
peninsula on the neck of which Ballyconneely stands, the 
plant can only be described as very abundant. Over the 
greater part of this range there is no sand present in the soil, 
or other possible source of lime, and the plant grows in light 
peaty loam. Later on, it may be mentioned, we sampled the 
north-west Conneniara coast about Letterfrack, Renvyle, and 
Killery mouth without seeing this Eyebright anywhere. But 
a still more interesting plant of the limestone pavements 
grows at Roundstone. As we returned on our last day from 
Dog's Bay, my wife found, on the stony bank by the roadside, 
a fine fruiting specimen of Neotinea intada. A search failed 
to reveal more ; but as the fields around were all closely 
grazed, and the plant had run the gauntlet already for three 
months, this was not a matter of surprise. We hope next 
spring to examine into the question of its range in this 
neighbourhood. 
While at Roundstone, one day was devoted to a long tramp 
from Urrisbeg to Mannin Bay, through the netw^ork of lakes 
that spreads over that great tract of bog and heath. While 
characteristic Connemara plants, such as Lobelia Doftmanna^ 
Eriscatilon septajigtilare^ Dcschanipsia discolor, Rhy^ichospora 
fusca, Dabeocia polifolia, were present in great abundance, I 
searched without success for any extension of range oi Erica 
vicditciranca, E. Mackaii^ or Naias flexilis^ all of which were 
seen in their known stations close at hand. An extreme 
sameness characterizes the flora of this wide tract of curious 
countr3% 
An interesting day was spent on the peninsula west of 
Ballyconneely. 'Jliere are a number of lakes here, with a 
