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flora quite different from that of the lakes in the area last 
mentioned. Though in most cases now quite cut off from the 
sea, some of these waters have a brackish flora, including 
Qina7ithe LacJienalii and Ra?i7m cuius Baiidotii. They differ 
also in yielding Cliaras and Pondweeds in profusion and 
luxuriance, which have, moreover, a calcicole flavour — Chara 
polyaca7itha^ C hispida, C. fragilis, Potamogeton plantagi7ieiis 
(growing many feet in length), P. 7iite7is, and P. Zizii. Siu7ti 
a7igustifoli7i77i and R2i77iex Hyd7'olapath7i77i, unknown hitherto 
in West Galway, were unexpected finds in this extreme 
corner of Conneniara. There are wide stretches of sandy 
wastes here, and also of shorn rocky heath where sand is 
absent. On both, a calcicole flora grows in great abundance, 
embracing Asperula cy7ia7ichica^ Carli7ia vulgaris^ Chlora per' 
foliata, Euplwasia Salisburge7isis, Orchis pyrauiidalis, Sesleria 
ccErulea, and more locally A7-abis ciliata. The interesting little 
Tertiary volcanic neck of Doon Hill, for instance, which, 
rising abruptly from the low ground into a 200-foot knob, 
yielded all of these except Chlora, Orchis, and Arabis. 
Other plants of this remote area were Apiiwi graveoleiis^ 
Caucalis 7iodosa^ Lamiu77t i7itermediu7ii, Utriciilaria vulgaris^ 
Carex tereH7isctila^ Se7iebiera didy77ia, Agri77i07iia odorata^ 
Peucedaiiu77i sativimi^ Matricaria discoidea, Ce7itaurea Scabiosay 
Co7ivolimhis arve7isis, Stachys arve7isis^ Epipactis palustris, 
Habe7iaria co7iopsea — the first five being additions to the flora 
of West Galway. The vegetation of this extreme corner of 
Connemara, in fact, which one might have expected to be 
very poor and limited, was found to include twelve plants 
not previously known from West Galway, and another dozen 
hitherto known only from the limestones on the eastern 
margin, forty miles away. 
lyeaving behind us our pleasant experiences of Roundstone 
("the nicest place in Ireland," according to A. G. More), we 
cycled via Glen Inagh to Renvyle, seeing Poa 7ie7noralis (new 
to West Galway) at Ballynahinch and Riibus plicatus at Tully, 
and got in late in pours of rain. It was a wild night, but by 
10 o'clock next morning the wind had moderated sufficiently 
to allow of a start for Inishturk, which was reached after a 
3-J hours' beat in a lively sea. We spent a delightful week on 
Inishturk, and botanized the island pretty thoroughly. An 
