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I)a]ly Mountain and othei's to explore the lower slopes of Cununeen. On 
Stradbally, Scxifraga stellaris, Salix herhacea and Corex hrgelo'W'ii were 
seen, liy the track below Cummeen, Sibthorpia was found in a dried- 
up pool, accompanied by Epilobium pedunculare. Umbilicus rupestris 
was abundant on the walls. In the afternoon the main party went on 
in the coach to Castlegregory, where a large area of blown sand forms 
higli dunes. North of the village, Rosa spiuosissima with brilliant cerise- 
coloured petals adoj ued the roadside dune and Viola tricolor ssp. 
nirtisil with blue and yellow and parti-coloured flowers was abundant, 
but tlie plant particularly to be searched for was Arabis brownii, which 
was found with its putative hybrids with A. hirsuta. Erodium moscha- 
tuni, was noticed by the roadside. Those who explored the dunes found 
Orchis Icerri/ensis and 0. occidentalis; and Ophnjs apijera, and (Jyiiina- 
detiia conopsea, Asperula cynauchica and Phleum arenarium, the last 
two very local ]dants in Kerry. Others walked to the shore of the 
shallow Lough Gill, its somewhat brackish nature suggested by the 
]U'esence of Scirpiis maritim^is, Schoenojilectus tabernaemontani and 
Jinirus gerardi, but at its edge was also a fine stand of Garex disticha 
with LittoreUo and Raldellia ranuncvloides •, Potamogeton filiformis 
was collected. Lush meadows had their ditches full of Hippuris with 
patches of Comarum and Pedicularis palustris. In the evening a meet- 
ing was held at the International Hotel to identify specimens and dis- 
cuss future plans. We were amused to read in the Irish Times and in 
the Cork Examiner a paragraph stating that the B.S.B.I. party were 
‘searching for the elusive Killarney fern’. 
On Tuesday, June 17th, we took the road south , by the Lakes and 
through Kenmare, across- the Suspension Bridge over the tidal Kenmare 
River to the Cloonee Loughs, and in small groups searched the swamps, 
bogs, woods and salt marshes. Here Sisyrinchiuni aiigustifolium, Erio- 
caulon, Euphor bia hyberna, Cicendia and ferns were seen in abundance. 
One party visited Uragh Wood, a remnant of indigenous forest on a 
rocky hillside, in which Quercus petraea and Betula pubescens are 
dominant with holly, rowan, hazel and sallow, ivy and honeysuckle, fox- 
gloves and saxifrages among Uryopteris dilatata and D. aemula, with 
either Ilj/menophyllum species on the boulders among liverworts and 
mosses. In the I.akes were Nymph aea and Cladium, Elatiue hexandra 
and a species of Nitella; in the bog, Carex liinosa and C. laswcarpa, 
Rhynchnspora alba and R. fusra. Well trodden heathy tracks were 
carpeted with Anthem is nobilis. A curious discovery was a plant of 
Rlechnum copense which is naturalised at Glengariff about eight miles 
away, but many also occur in a garden much nearer. On the estuary, 
Carex, punctata and G. extensa, Cochlear iu anglica and Linwniuin hurnile 
were found. 
On Wednesday, June 18th, we had our longest and perhaps 
pleasantest drive, starting out on the, by now, familiar road beside the 
Lakes, past the much photographed view of the islanded Upper Lake, 
past the Butterfly orchids in the roadside bog, up into the cloud on the 
pass over the mountain and down to Kenmare ; then along the north 
