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with some turnips, barley, and rye. Here Chrysanthemum 

 segetum and Brassica campestris are conspicuous ; B. Si7iapis 

 being quite rare. Of Dead-Netties, L. ijitermedium is frequent, 

 L, purpureum rare, with Stachys arvensis. Fumitories are rare, 

 F. offici7ialh and F. capreolata being each once seen, the latter 

 as grand plants up to five feet long, approaching F. speciosa. 

 The Brambles which shelter on the lee side of the ditches are 

 not abundant, but display a fair variety. There is a difficulty 

 in obtaining satisfactory material for determination. Mr. 

 Rogers names six forms, of which R. corylifolms is new to 

 West Mayo. The balance includes the endemic R. iricus, and 

 also R. du7mionie?isis, which is rare in Ireland. Were it not 

 for the shelter afforded by ditches and loose stone walls, 

 Brambles would possibly not exist on the peninsula. The 

 roadside flora is very limited ; Senebiera Coro7ioptis is abundant 

 in such places, while S. didyma was seen near Belmullet. 

 Very few of the plants which haunt the vicinity of houses are 

 present. A few plants of typical Rtimex saiigiiineus^ found 

 close to Binghamstown Castle, had probably an extraneous 

 origin. Burdocks are frequent. In view of recent experiments 

 in the cultivation of these plants, Mr. Bennett hesitates to 

 apply positive names to them, but a plant which would be 

 generally called A. iyitet medium I^ange is frequent, while A. 

 Newbouldii was gathered near Cross Lough. Ulex europcmis is 

 the only plant with which any attempt is made to form 

 hedges ; but the gorse is in some places clearly native. 



Salt Marsh and Sea Rock, 



Salt marsh is but poorly developed on the Mullet, but the 

 upper part of the Portnafranka inlet consists really of a 

 brackish lake, filling at high water through a narrow drainage 

 channel, and yielding a fair halophile flora. Here alone were 

 observed CEna^ithe Lache7ialii and Scirpus ?'tcfiis ; also 

 Pota7Jiogeton i7iter7Uptus, either the type or P. vagi7iatus. 

 This Portnafranka lake is only slightly brackish, however, and 

 Bide7is ce7 7iua^ Utricularia intermedia, and Chara aspe?a (var. 

 subinermis) may be seen growing amicably with Triglochi7i 

 7naritinmm, Scirpus 7tiaritimus, and the other halophiles 



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