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Sept. Occurs at 1200 feet on Spalga near Kostrevor. 



POTEXTZZiZiA Linn. Cixquefoil. 



1. P. anserlna Linn. Silver "Weed, Mashcoms (loc). 

 Roadsides, and pastures — very common in damp, stony or gravelly places. 



Fl. mid. May till mid. Aug. 



2. P. reptans Linn. 



Dry banks, and gravelly waste ground — fi-equent. Fl. July and Aug. 

 Down — Abundant about "Warrenpoint, and Eallough ; S.A.S. Ardglass, 



and Crawfordsburn ; T.H.C. 

 Antrim — Abundant on gravel around tbe shores of Lougb Xeagh ; Templetmt, 



1797. Cave Hill, Colin Glen, and banks of the Lagan ; Flor. 



Vlst. By tbe Forth River, also shore of Lough Neagh near 



Toome, and roadsides between Lame and Glenarm ; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Abundant through the county ; D.M. Castledawson ; S.A.S. 



3. P. tormentllla Sibth. Tormenting Root (loc). 



Pastures, heaths, and wastes— very common. Fl. June — Sept. Found 

 on our highest mountain summits. 



Var. p, P. PROCUMBENS Sibth. (P. nemoralis Nestl. 



TORMENTILLA REPTANS Limi.). 



Sandy and gravelly banks — rare ? 

 Down— Railway bank between Belfast and Connswater ; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Not unfrequent by the side of Lough Neagh ; D.M. 



4. P. fragrarlastrum {Linn.) Ehr. Barren Strawberry. 

 Hedge banks, and dry waste ground — common. Fl. Feby. — April. 



Not easy to define the flowering time, as it varies much according to the 

 mildness or severity of the season. 



COniARUM Lmn. 



1. C. palustre Linn. Marsh Cinquefoil. 



Marshes, and bog drains — frequent throughout the district. Fl. mid. 

 June till end of July. 



FRAGARXA Linn. Strawberry. 



l^P._yesca_ Linn. Wild Strawberry. 



Hedge banks, and grassy heaths — common, especially abundant in rocky 

 and shady places on the basaltic hills. Fl. mid. April tiU mid. July. 

 With white fruit on railway bank at Marino near Holywood ; R.Ll.P. 



