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tribution in this district have not been worked out, and the following notes 

 are by no means complete. 



1. A. littoralis Linn. 



Stony or gravelly seashores— not common. Fl. mid. July till mid. Sept. 

 The localities it wHl be seen are mostly about Belfast Bay. 

 DoA\ai — Seashore about one mile below Bangor ; Templeton, 1797. Peoples' 



(now Victoria) Park ; Flor. Belf. Dundrum Bay ; Flor. List. 



Seashore near Newcastle ; Hic. W. 21. Hind. Abundant on 



the Kinnegar of Hoh^vood ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim — Macedoir Point, and Kilroot ; S.A.S. 



2. A., angustifolia Smith. 



Fields, and waste ground — common. Fl. mid. July till mid. Sept. 



3. A. erecta Hudson. 



Marshy, and stony seashores — rare? Fl. July — Oct. {Bab. Man.). 

 Down — By the Quoile beloAv Downpatrick ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim — Shore at Macedon Point ; T.H.C. 



No doubt occurs elsewhere, but not distinguished from the other forms. 



4. A. deltoidea Bab. 



Seashores — perhaps not rare. FL Aug. and Sept. 



Var. /3 A. salina Bab. 

 Newtownards, and Rathlin Island ; S.A.S. Probably common. 



5. A. hastata Linn. 



Seashores — common. Fl. July — Sept. 



6. A. Babingtonii Woods. 



Muddy seashores — common ? Fl. July — Sept. 



7. A. farinosa Lumort. (A. laciniata Linn. ?). 

 Sandy seashores— rare. Fl. mid. July till mid. Sept. 



Down — Seashore at Ballyholme ( still there), and sands north of New- 

 castle ; Templeton, 1805. Holy wood, and Groomsport ; Flor. 

 Belf. Sandy seashore opposite Gunn's Island south of Strang- 

 ford, and sparingly on shore north of Greencastle ; S.A.S. 



Antrim— Shore of Islandmagee ; Templeton, 1808. 



This is a plant too well marked to be overlooked, and its rarity, or 



absence in Derry is real. 



8 A. portulacoldos Linn. (Obione Gaert.). Sba Purslane. 



