Hart — On the Mountain Flora of Ireland. 6b7 
below the limits of cultivation which may be taken at about 750 feet 
above sea-level.^ 
Thalictrum alpinum, 
Arahis petrcea, 
JEpilolmm alsinifolium^ 
Rubus chamoemoruSj 
AlcTiemilla alpina, 
Saxifraga nivalis, 
The following descend to about 
places, but not to sea-level : — 
Silene acaulis, . . 550, 
Saxifraga stellaris, . 500, 
Vaccinium vitis-idcea, 900, 
Oxyria reniformis^ . 900, 
Salix herlacea, . . 800, 
Crgptogramme crispa, 750, 
Asplenium viride, . 700, 
Saussurea alpina, 
Polygonum viviparum, 
Carex rigida, 
Folystichum lonchitis, 
Lycopodium alpinum. 
the verge of cultivation in a few 
Dunaff Head, Donegal. 
Donegal. 
Poisoned Glen, Donegal. 
Poisoned Glen, Donegal. 
Innishowen, Donegal. 
Ardara, Donegal. 
Lough Esk, Donegal ; Ben 
Bulb en, Leitrim. 
The following reach sea-level, or very near it, in Donegal, and 
some of them elsewhere : — 
Brala incana ; sea-level, or very near it, Sligo, Derry, Donegal. 
Dryas octopetala ; sea-level. Gal way ; 800, Derry. 
Sedum rhodiola ; sea-level, several counties. 
Saxifraga aizoides ; sea-level, Antrim ; 650, Donegal. 
S. oppositifolia ; sea-level, Donegal. 
Galium horeale ; sea-level, several counties. 
Sieracium anglicum ; sea-level, several counties. 
Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi; sea-level, several counties. 
Juniperus nana ; sea level, several counties. 
Seslceria ccerulea ; sea-level, Clare, Gal way, Donegal. 
Lycopodium selaginoides ; sea-level, several counties. 
Isoetes lacustris ; sea-level ; several counties. 
The distribution of the Alpine species is exhibited diagrammati- 
cally in the Table. The group being limited lends itself readily to 
such a means of illustration. 
^ There are a few scattered instances of higher cultivation than 750 feet, chiefly 
in the north-east of Ireland, but they are quite exceptional. 
