98 BORAQINACEJE. 



IiZTBOSPSRMUM Tournefort. Gromwell. 



1. Ii. officinale Linn. 



Gravelly fields, and banks — rare. Fl. June and July. 

 Antrim — Rocky places at the southwest comer of the Belfast Deerpark, 



and ditches in the Pound loaning (now built over) ; Templeton, 



1797. Cave Hill quarries (Templeton's loc.) ; Flor. Belf. 



Whitehead ; Flor. List. Rocky slopes south of "Whiterock ; 



C. Dickson. Knockagh; S.A.S. Trench Falls Road; 



Richard Hanna. 

 Derry — Dry banks in Termonbacca ; Ord. Surv. Berry, 1837. Side of 



the Foyle above Derry, and banks of the Bann near Coleraine ; 



D.M. On the southern border of the county near Gookstown ; 



W. MacMillan. 



2. Zi. arvense Linn. Corn Gromwell. 



Sandy fields — very rare. FL May— July {Cyb. Hib.). 

 Down— Railway bank about a mile from Belfast CNewtownards line), 

 also near Holywood ; Flor. TJlst. Fields between Bangor and 

 Groomsport; S.A.S. Giants' Ring ; G.Dickson. 

 Antrim — Among vetches at Cromac (now built over) ; Templeton. White- 

 house ; Flor. Belf. Carrickfergus ; Flor. Ulst. 

 Less common, and sometimes confounded with the preceding species. 



MYOSOTZS Linn. Scorpion- GRASS. 



1. M. palustrls With. Forget-me-not. 



Ponds, ditches, and sluggish streams — frequent. Fl. mid. June till 

 mid. Sept. 

 Down— Ballygowan, Scrabo, Copeland Islands, and Victoria Park ; 



T.H.C. By the Lagan canal, and Newry canal; S.A.S. 



Narrow-water, and slopes of SHeve Donard; R.Ll.P. 

 Antrim — About Lough Neagh ; Templeton, 1797. Lagan canal, and Bog 



meadows ; Flor. Belf. Lisbum, Antrim, and Portglenone ; 



S.A.S. Shane's Castle, and Loughmoume ; T.H.C. 

 Derry — By Enagh Lough, and frequent through the county ; D.M. 



In many other localities through the district, but not always dis- 

 tinguished from its allies. 



2. XVX. repens Don. 



Ditches, and marshes in hilly, or rocky districts — not common in Down, 

 but increases to the northwest, becoming the most abundant species in 

 the Sperrin Mountaius. 

 Down — Marshy wood in Greyabbey demense, 1864, and base of Slieve 



