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Deny —Rare, but observed plentifully by tbe side of the Foyle at Brook- 

 haU ; D.M. By the Bann a sbort distance above Port- 

 stewart; S.A.S. 



ERZOPHORUM Linn. Cottox Grass. 



1. E. vagrlnatum Linn. 



Bogs, and wet peaty heatbs — common, especially on the mountains. Fl. 

 April and May. Ranges from near sea level to 2000 feet. 



2. E. polystachlon Linn. (E. angustifolia Roth). 



Bogs, and wet heaths — very common. Fl. mid. April till end of June. 

 At all levels up to 2200 feet. 



3. E. latlfollum Hoppe. 



Peat bogs— very rare, if not extinct. Fl. April and May {Cyh. Sib.). 

 Antrim— On a large flow bog near Rasharkin ; Ci/b. Sib. 



Reported also as abundant in a bog between BaUygowan and Comber, 

 but cannot be found, and the authority not considered sufficient. 



CAREX Linn. Sedqe. 



1. C. dlolca Linn. 



Marshes, and wet peat bogs — frequent. Fl. mid. May till end of June. 



Ranges from sea level to 1500 feet {Ci/b. Hib.). 



Down — In the bogs of the county ; Harris's Dotvn, 1744. (No doubt 

 this sp. but recorded as ^'Gramen cyperoides minus ranunculi 

 capitulo longiore.'"). Kirkiston bog, and frequent in boggy 

 situations ; Templeton, 1797 (sub C. Bavalliana). Slieve 

 Donard ; Flor. Ulst. Slievemartin, and frequent at about 

 1000 feet on the Moume Mountains ; Hart, Froc. E.I. A., 

 1884. 



Antrim — Marsh between Divis and Black Mountain, back of the Knock- 

 agh, and abundant on the commons of Carrickfergus, also on 

 Tardree Hill, Rathlin Island, and marshy margin of river at 

 Bushmills; S.A.S. 



Derry— Glenchain, and in Altahan Glen near Draperstown, not rare ; 

 D.M. 



2. C. pulicarls Linn. 



Heaths, and short pastures — common. Fl. June and July. From sea 

 level to 1500 feet ; Hart, op. cit. 



?. C. dlstlcha Hudson, 



