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Derry— Near Downhill, and abundant through the county ; D.M. 



2. P. ovlna Linn. Sheep's Fescue. 



Sandy, maritime and lacustrine shores, and on heaths — common. Fl. 

 June and July. Ascends to 2700 feet on the mountains. 



The \'iviparous form, F. tivipara Sin., is plentiful on the Moume 

 range in Do^^ni, and on Slievenanee, Faii-head, and Rathlin heights in 

 Antrim, also Dart, and Clontygearagh in Deny. 



3. P. rubra Linn. 



Roadsides, dry banks, and sandy wastes and shores — common. Fl. 

 June and July. A form which is found on coast sandhills seems different. 



4. P. sylvatica Villars. 



"Woods, and glens— very rare. Fl. July {Cyh. Sib.). 

 Down— Woods at Rostrevor ; Wade Rar. 



Antrim— Colin Glen ; Templeton, 1802. Glenarm, and Glendun; Cyb. 



Eib. 

 Dei-ry — In the Ness Glen, side of the Faughan about two miles below 



Cumber, and in a little glen near Londonderry ; Templeton, 



1800. By the Bann at Mountsandel wood above Coleraine ; 



D.M. 

 "Wliiterock station of Flor. Ulst. certainly wrong. 



5. P. glgrantea Villars. 



"Woods, and shady glens— frequent. Fl. July and first half of Aug. 

 The var. F. triflora Sm. occurs occasionally. 

 Down — Cregagh Glen, Stormount, and Crawf ordsbum ; S.A.S. 



Antrim— Woody places, and hedges; Templeton, 1797. Abundant on 

 the limestone rocks near Garron Head, and at demesne of 

 Drumnasole (var. trijlora) ; Orel. Surv. Londonderry . Colin 

 Glen, and Woodbum {trijlora) ; Flor. Belf. Blackstaff lane ; 

 Flor. Ulst. Springfield, Cave Hill, and Glenarm Park ; S.A.S. 



DeiTy— Neighbourhood of Garvagh, and common in some districts ; D.M. 

 Demesne at Moneymore ; Flor. Ulst. 



6. P. arundinacea Schreb. (F. elatior Linn.). 



Marshes, and ditches in woody, or shady places — rare. Fl. mid. J\me 

 till end of Jiily. 



Down— Newcastle ; Rev. W. M. Hind. 



Antrim— Ditch at the Plains ; Templeton, 1797. Shores of Lough Neagh 



at Massereene Park, and near Toome ; Flor. Ulst. Shane's 



Castle woods ; B.X.F.G., 1866. Marsh at Stranmillis, ditch 



by the railway between Belfast and Greencastle, stream north 



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