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Down — Sandy ditches about Knocknagoney, and about Moira ; Templeton. 

 Cra-«^ordsbuni, and Groomsport ; Flor. Bdf. Newcastle, 

 N'e^\•tOM^lards, and Holywood ; Flor. TJlst. Old walls, and 

 rocks at Dundrum Castle ; T.H.C. Frequent by tbe shore of 

 the Ai-ds from BaUyhalbert to Kearney's Point, and from 

 Newtownards to Mountstewart ; S.A.S. Dundonald; R.Ll.P. 



Antrim— Woodbum ; Flor. Belf. Knockagh, and 'Whitehead, also park 

 and cliffs atGlenarm; Flor. Ulst. Shane's Castle; B.N.F.G., 

 1863. Blackhead, Islandmagee, Sallagh Braes, and abundant 

 on the sands at Portrush and Bushfoot ; S.A.S. 



Derry — Common, especially along the sandy seacoast, and by the shores 

 of Lough Neagh ; D.M. Shores of the lough from Bally- 

 ronan to Toome ; Flor. Ulst. 



2. V. dentata TFilld. 



Cultivated ground, and borders of sandy fields — rare. Fh June and 



July. 



Down — Bangor, and Groomsport ; Flor. Belf. Strangford; T.H.C. 



Antrim — Sandy places on the Curran of Lame ; Templeton, 1794. Cam- 

 lough ; Frof. R. Tate. Eathlin Island ; Cyb. Sib. Fields at 

 north end of Islandmagee ; S.A.S. 



Derry — By the side of Lough Foyle ; Cyb. Eib. 



Order XXXI. DZPSACACSJE. 



DZPSACUS Tournefort. 



1. I>. sylvestrls Htidson. "Wild Teasel. 



Gravelly waste ground — very rare. Fl. July and Aug. 

 Down — Abundant on a bank by the shore near the coastguard station at 

 Greencastle ; S.A.S. 



The teasel is often met with as an escape, but in the above station it 

 seems really native. 



SOABXOSA Linn. Scabious. 



1. S. sucdsa Linn. Devil's Bit. 



Grassy heaths, upland pastures, and ditch banks — very common. FI. 

 mid. July till mid. Sept. 



2. S. (Knautia) arvensls Linn. Field Scabious. 



Dry banks, and sandy or gravelly fields — local, but in some cases 



