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210. 7.6.42, cont. Mweelrea, Co. WM., cont. jutting out westwards from main mass, examining several small bits of stiff en route; worked along W. face of said ridge, past a small peaty tarn in hollow of ridge & then cut back to car, discovering a [[/strikethrough]] huge [[/strikethrough]] deep gorge down which flows a small stream from S.W. face of Mweelrea, this gorge well worth a special visit but too precipitous to be worked from above & difficult to work from below because of deep pools below numerous waterfalls. Insects almost nil but during short spell of sun during lunch a small Tipulid was seen in abundance, one female of which brought away, as well as a small very black brachypterous Dipteron. One purple click-beetle seen flying during same sun burst. The following beetles collected under stones of the cairn. 211. 7.6.42, cont. Mweelrea, Co. WM., cont. Plants very scarce, as cliffs too solid & dry, but the following were those of most interest seen:- Hymenophyllum unilateral? Seen in great abundance on rocks & turf banks of stream & on cliffs, almost to the summit. I feel sure that all or most of what we saw was this species. [[strikethrough]] though Praeger in the [[?S]] in Ireland says that H. [[?tenbristymus]] is the filmy fern of the district. [[/strikethrough]] Saxifraga umbrosa to the highest rock shelter near the summit. Sax. stellaris abundant lower down by rills & trickles on W. face, but none seen on cliffs anywhere. Sea Pink. Frequent over screes on col N. of summit & occasionally on cliffs. Carex rigida all over the peaty summit & on the higher cliffs. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi a large patch in the gorge referred to above, on way back to car. Juniper. A large plant with the last hanging down side of gorge, but ? which species.