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meadows, Glenary, Cnimlin, and banks of Sixmilewater near 

 Templepatrick ; S.A.S. Larne ; R.Ll.P. 

 Derry — Confined to the southern baronies where it is abundant by all the 

 rivers ; D.M. By Lough Neagh at Ballyronan ; Flor. JJlst. 

 "Woods at Castledawson ; S.A.S. 



3. S. lacustrls Linn. Bulrush. 



In shallow water of lakes and slow flowing streams— frequent. Fl. 

 mid. June till mid. Aug. 

 Down — Lakes at BaUyalloley and Magherascouse, and bog drains at Bally- 



gowan ; Flor. Belf. Lough Cowey near Portaferry ; Flor. 



Ulst. Clandeboye Lake, Magheralagan, and Loughinisland, 



and lakes near Saintfield ; S.A.S. Lake near Killough ; 



T.H.C. Ballynahinch; R.Ll.P. 

 Antrim — Massereene Park ; Flor. Ulst. Portmore Lake, JSixmilewater at 



Templepatrick, lake at summit of Fairhead, and river at 



Bushfoot; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Common in Lough Beg, and by the sides of the Bann, and the 



Foyle; D.M. 



4. S. Tabernaemontanl Gnielin. 



Muddy ditches by the seacoast— rare, very rare inland, and only where 

 the sea has reached in late Quaternary times. Fl. July and Aug. 

 Down — By the Quoile at Downpatrick ; S.A.S. Salt marsh by the 



Donaghadee line at south side of Comber ; R.Ll.P. 

 Antrim — "It gi-ows on the shore of the Lagan a little below Stranmillis 



limekiln, where the tide constantly flows about it " ; Temj^/e- 



^on, July, 1810 (still there). Lame Lough; jP^or. C/Zs^. Shane's 



Castle; T.H C. 

 Derry — By the Bann above Portstewart ; S.A.S. 



First found in Ireland by Mr. Templeton at the Belfast station above 

 noted. 



5. S. csespltosus Linn. 



Peat bogs, and wet heaths— common. Fl. May — July. Ranges from 

 sea level to 2500 feet. 



6. S. pauclflorus Lightfoot. 



Wet places, and marshes in sandy land— rare. Fl. July and Aug. 



Down — Boggy fields on the shore of Belfast Lough about 200 yards above 

 Knocknagoney, and shore four or five miles south of New- 

 castle ; Templeton, 1797. 



Antrim — Around the shores of Belfast Lough ; Templeton. Rams Island, 

 and Portrush ; Flor. Ulst. Sandy shore of Lough Neagh 

 opposite Portmore ; S.A.S. 



Derry — ^Very common in the county ; D.M. (? Eds.). 



