92 The Irish Natiiralist, [April, 



DISTRIBUTION OF m^ ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS 



GROUP IN IRELAND. 



BY EDWARD F. I^INTON, M.A. 



Five years ago I began to collect notes to show the dis- 

 tribution of the forms of ^ /<://<:'/;/ z7/« vulgaris in Ireland, at a 

 time when I had recently learned from M. Buser to dis- 

 tinguish them, and published a short paper in the Journal of 

 Botany (1895, no), with descriptions and the distribution in 

 Great Britain. Since then Mr. R. 1,1. Praeger has sent me a 

 large number of specimens of this group of plants, to criticize 

 or name, from many parts of Ireland ; and he has kindly per- 

 mitted me to incorporate the results of his observations with 

 the notes I have gathered from other sources for the purposes 

 of this paper. I have also to thank Mr. S. A. Stewart for 

 sending me a few specimens. 



In the following account I have numbered the counties and 

 vice-counties in accordance with the scheme set forth by Mr. 

 Praeger in his paper on the Botanical Subdivision of Ireland 

 in the Irish Nahcralist and Journal of Botany iox February, 

 1896. 



A. vulgaris, L-, sensti restricto ; A. pratensis, Schmidt. 

 9. Clare.— Hb. R. P. Murray. 



22. Meath. — Near Oldcastle, R. LI. Praeger. 



23. Westmeath. — H. C. Levinge ; R. LI. Praeger. 



24. Longford — R. LI. Praeger. 



25. Roscommon. — By Lough Key, R. LI. Praeger. 



29. Leitrim. — R. LI. Praeger. 



30. Cavau. — Near Lough Sheelin, R. LI. Praeger. 

 33. Fermanagh. — R. LI. Praeger. 



36. Tyrone. — R. LI. Praeger: and Cookstown, Miss M. C. Knowles. 



38. Down. — Near Holywood, R. LI. Praeger. 



39. Antrim.— Rev. S. A. Brenan; near Belfast, S. A.Stewart; Dunloy, 



and White Park Bay, R. LI. Praeger. 



Ai alpestrls, Schmidt. A. vulgaris, L., var. glabra, Mert and Koch, 



1823 (non DC, 1S05). 



10. North Tipperary. — R. LI. Praeger. 



16. West Gal way. — Near Recess, R. LI. Praeger. 



27. West Mayo.— Near Castlebar, E. S. Marshall. 



28. Sligo.— Keishcorran, and another locality, R. LI. Praeger. 



29. Leitrim.— R. LI. Praeger. 



33. Fermanagh.— At Carrickreagh by Lough Erne, R. LI. Praeger. 



