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25.9.43 cont.  L. Muskry, Galtee, ST. cont

of the great gully at SW. corner of the coomb & after an examination of the small tarn, known in L., south of the L. Muskry, we went up the gully to ridge E of "O Loughnan'' Castle" & had aft. tea in shelter of highest rock on W. side of gully.  This gully is chiefly characterized by masses of Sax. umbrosa & the only mossey seen was the broad-leaved Sax. hirta form.  At the edge of the small L. an interesting flora, chiefly mosses & liverworts, occurs, on this day some above & some under quite a foot of water;  lichens also, growing in the boulders, & these is one place at least 2 feet under water, on S. side.  Some of the liverworts & mosses collected from just beneath & just above today's water level.  Also a specimen of Callitriche & much Littorella.  No Pisidia seen in the small samples of mud sieved, but no doubt some there. 

No plants seen on cliffs W. or S. of lake, except those mentioned above or recorded by Hart, but we did not notice the trailing form of Sax. hypnoides referred to by Webb in I.N.J. Sept. 1943, though this was 


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25.9.43, cont.  L. Muskry, Galtee, ST. cont.
 
probably due to the late date,  or by this time the dormant buds in axils of the leaves have each become a rosette of leaves & so hid the character of the plant.  After tea watched a terrific rainstorm or "jam" pass some miles N. of Galtee, in line with Tipperary & Caher, & walked west along ridge to head of track above S.W. corner pf L. Borheen, where sheltered under peat-hay from a short shower before descending track & making our way down "the red lane" to Clady Bridge & Hotel.  Our times were roughly as follows:-

Left hotel 10.40 AM.;  L. Muskry 1.15 P.M.;  tea at top of gully nearly 5 P.M.;  home 7.20 P.M.  Collected many mosses by L. Muskry (where Carex paniculata is) & all along foot of W. cliffs, foot of S. cliffs to gully & some, but only a few, on way up gully.  Those from shore of tarn kept separate!  Veronica serpyllifolia seen on shore of L. Muskry & V. officinalis near top of gully.