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4. T. repens Hudson. "White Clover, Shamrock. 

 Pasture fields, grassy heaths, etc. — very common. Fl. June — Sept. 



5. T. striatum Linn. 



Gravelly seashores — very rare, and not seen recently. Fl. May and 

 June {Cyh. Hib.). 



Antrim — ** On sloping gi-avelly banks on the shore at Rhanhuoy {Rahan- 



buidhe yellow strand) " ; Templeton, 1811. Near the seaside 



at Whitehead ; Wm. Millen, also Prof. Dickie, in Flor. JJlst. 



"Whitehead; G. C. Hyndman, 1866 {spec, in herb. Hyndman). 



Mr. Templeton was not altogether certain that his plant was correctly 



named, he says — "I have some doubts that this may prove to be T. 



maritimum^'' {Temp. 31. S.). Mr. F. "Whitla by a note in the margin of 



his copy of Flor. Hib. says that the Ranboy plant was T. inaritimiim, but 



as this species has not been found in Ireland, and as T. striatum was 



assuredly met ^dth within a few miles of Templeton' s station, it seems 



certain that the name above cited is right. 



6. T. procumbens Linn. Hop Trefoil. 



Pastures, and wastes in dry sandy groimd — frequent. Fl. mid. June 



till mid. Aug. 



Down — Ballymaghan, and Groomsport ; Flor. Belf. Roadsides Newcastle 

 to Castlewellan, and thence to Clough, also Do"s\Tipatrick, 

 Castlereagh Hill, and road from Bangor to Cra-s^^ordsburn ; 

 S.A.S. 



Antrim — Banks of Lame river, 1794, also Rathlin {abundant noiv in 

 Rathlin ; S.A.S.), Blackhead, walls of Dunluce Castle, and of 

 the ruin in Islandmagee, 1808 ; Templeton. Railway bank at 

 Randalstown ; Flor. Ulst. Redbay, and shore close to the 

 Gobbins ; S.A.S. Railway bank at Larne ; T.H.C. 



Deny — Sandy fields by the Roe opposite BeUarena, and at Magilligan ; 

 D.M. DownhiU; B.N.F.G., 1863. 



7. T. dublum Sibth. (T. minus Sm., T. procumbens Huds.). 

 Pastures, ditch banks, and waste ground — very common. Fl. mid. May 



till mid. Aug. 



XiOTUS Linn. Bird's-foot Trefoil. 



1. Zi. cornlculatus Linn. 



Roadsides, and banks — common. Fl. mid. May till end of Aug. 

 Ascends to 1500 feet in Derry (D.M.). 



"Var. y L. CRASSiFOLius Persoon. 

 Stony and gravelly places by the seashore. 



