110 ON THE FLOKA OF NORTH-WESTERN DONEGAL. 



Anteimaria dioica, Gaert. Frequent. F. 

 iSeiiecio vulgaris, L. In waste places ; always by cottages or in 

 or about cultivated ground ; a doubtful native. F. 

 S. sylvaticus, L. Eare. Dunaff Head ; Kin drum, near the 



well. F. 

 S. JacohcBa, L. Common. F. 

 iS'. aquaticus, Huds. Common. F. 



Arctium minus, Sclik. Common. This is, I believe, A. inter- 

 medium, Lange. F. 

 Centaurea nigra, L. Common. F. 

 XC. Cyanus,'L. Frequent in Fanet. "Corn" Cockle is a mis- 

 nomer in Fanet, as I have always noticed it amongst the 

 flax ; an introduced plant. F. 

 Carduus tenuijiorus. Curt. Local. Drimnacraig &c.; Horn 



Head. F. 

 C. lanceolatus, L. Common. F. 

 C. arvensis. Curt. Common. F. 

 C. palustriSj L. Frequent. F. 



Carduus pratensis, Huds. This handsome thistle is one of the 

 most characteristic plants in the bogs of North-west 

 Donegal. It has a peculiar habit of forming circular 

 patches of growth, which on account of its pale-coloured 

 leaves, closely adpressed to the ground, cause it to be 

 noticed at a considerable distance, whether in flower or 

 not. F. 

 Lapsana communis, L. Common. F. 

 Hyjjocharis radicata, L. Common. . F. 

 Apargia autumnalis, Willd. Common. F. 

 Leontodon Taraxacum., L. Common. F. 

 L. Taraxacum, yq,y. palustre. Smith. Frequent. Lake Columb- 



kill, near Milford and Lough Golagh, Fanet . F. 

 Sonchus oleraceus, L. Ver}^ common. F. 



S. asper, Hoffm. Local ; Kindi-um, &c. ; apparently a weU- 

 marked species. Typical x^lants occur upon the sand-hills 

 at the Bottom Shore. F. 

 \S. arveiisis, Li. Common; generally amongst the corn. F. 

 Crepis vireyis, L. Eare. Horn Head. 



C. paludosa, Moench. Local. Glenalla ; Glenvar, &c. F. 

 Hieracium, Pilosella, L. Common. F. 

 H. murorum, Jj. Eare. Knockalla, along the summit; Crog- 



hanmore, near Glenalla. F. 

 H. vuJgatuw, Fries. Scarce. Near Lough Doira ; Murren, 

 and elsewhere in Fanet. F. 



Campanulacea. 



Lobelia Dortmanna, L. Local and rather rare ; Kindrum 

 Lake (but seldom flowering there) ; Loughs Keel, Fern and 

 Colombkill. Glenveagh Lake ; Lough Attirive on Slieve 

 Snacht, W. &c. F. 



Jasione montana, L. Common. F. Grows as freely in alpine 

 situations (Slieve Snacht, W. ; Errigal, &c.) as upon sand- 

 hills, &c., on the sea coast. F. 



