i8o ALIEN FLORA OF BRITAIN 



Sisyrinchimn angustifolimn, Mill. In the Journal 

 of Botany, 1882, p. 8, Mr. More mentions three localities 

 in Ireland in which this species has been found — in 

 one undoubtedly introduced. It is a native of North 

 America. 



Sisyrinchium califomicum, Dryand. Native of 

 Western North America. Discovered in an apparently 

 natural situation near Wexford in Ireland by the Rev. 

 E. S. Marshall in 1896, It must be regarded as an 

 introduction until further facts transpire to counter- 

 balance the weighty geographical evidence against its 

 nativity. 



AMARYLLIDACE^. 



[Galanthus nivalis, L. Native in Northern and Central 

 Europe including Belgium, Normandy, and England. 

 In the latter country, however, its records are, in the 

 great majority of cases, accompanied by expressions 

 of doubt as to its native status. It has been a favourite 

 garden plant for many centuries in England. As, how- 

 ever, the few spots in which it appears to be perfectly 

 natural are in uninterrupted connection with its main 

 range, its claims to a place in our native Flora should 

 not be denied.] 



[Leucojum aestivuin, L. Like the Snowdrop, this 



species is frequently recorded in England under 



suspicious circumstances, being much cultivated in 



gardens. Occasionally, however, it appears to have 



