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Borders of fields, mainly in cultivated land— common. Fl. mid. June 

 till mid. Sept. 



2. E. paralias Linn. Sea Spurge. 



Sand dunes, and loose drifting sands by the coast— not uncommon in 

 suitable places. Fl. mid. July till mid. Sept. 

 Down— Shore between Greencastle and Kilkeel ; Ir. Flor. Shore at 



Newcastle; Flor. list. Sandhills at Ballykinler ; T.H.C. 



Abundant on shore north of Greencastle, and at Ballykinler ; 



S.A.S. 

 Antrim— Sandhills at Bushfoot ; B.N.F.C, 1868. 



3. E. portlandica Linn. 



Loose sands on the coast— frequent where suitable habitat offers. Fl. 



June — Aug. 



Down — Greencastle ; //■ Flor. Dundrum; Flor. Ulst. RingsaUin Point; 

 T.H.C. Sparingly on the shore north of Greencastle, also 

 at Ballykinler, and occasionally to Rathmullen ; S A.S. 



Antrim— Sandy wai'ren at Bushmills ; Ct/'h. Hih. Plentiful at the Bush- 

 foot, and at Portrush ; S.A.S. 



4. E. peplus Linn. Petty Spurge, 



Borders of fields, and on waste ground near cultivation— common. Fl. 

 June — Aug. 



5. E. exlgrua Linn. 



Cultivated fields, and sandy banks— rare, but locally abundant. Fl. 



mid. July till mid. Sept. 



Down— Cherry valley near Comber, and at Groomsport ; Flor. Belf. Pas- 

 tures about Holy wood and Bangor ; Flor. Ulst. Bally holme, 

 and Ballycroghan : T.H.C. Abundant in cornfields about 

 Newcastle, Brj-ansford, and Dundrum ; C. Bickson. Dun- 

 donald; R.Ll.P. 



Antrim — Gravel pit at Lambeg, and field at Derriaghy ; Templeton, 1804. 

 Near Randalstown, Carrickfergus, and Glenarm ; Flor. Ulst. 

 Railway banks from Antrim to BalUnderry, roadside near 

 BalljTnena, and fields at north end of Islandmagee ; S.A.S, 

 Sandy fields by Crumlin River ; T.H.C. Donegore ; R.Ll.P. 



Derry— Common in cornfields, and in sandy or gravelly land ; D.M. 



MERCURZAI.ZS Tournefort. Mercury. 



1. XVK. perennis JAnn. 



Bushy, and shady places— very rare. Fl. April and May. 



