COMPARISON WITH WATSON's TYPES. 



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Inula crithmoides, 

 Wahlenbergia hederaoea, 

 Erica ciliaris, 

 JVerbaseum yirgatum, 

 Bartsia viscosa, 



As might be anticipated, the species belonging to Watson's 

 Germanic Type are comparatively few, 18 only, out of 127, haying 

 been found wild in Ireland : — 



Asplenium lanceolatum, 

 Adiantum Capillus- Veneris, 

 Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, 

 Hymenophyllum Wilsoni. 



fAdonis autumnalis, 



Turritis glabra, 



*Melilotus arvensis, 



Astragalus Hypoglottis (W.), 



Lythrum hyssopifolium, 



Galium erectum, 



Crepis taraxacifolia, 



Monotropa Hypopitys (W.)i 



Teucrium Scordium (W.), 



Of these only five reach the west of Ireland. 



The alpine flora is less rich than might be expected. Ireland 

 claims only a little more than a third (40 out of 113) of Watson's 

 Highland Type : — 



Cynoglossum montanum, 

 Chenopo^um olidum, 

 Chenopodium urbicum, 

 Chenopodium ficifolium. 

 Orchis pyramidalis (W.), 

 Stratiotes aloides, 

 Bromus erectus (W.), 

 Sclerochloa Borreri, 

 Hordeum sylvaticum. 



Thalictrum alpinum, 

 Draba incana, 

 Arabis petrsea, 

 Silene acaulis, 

 Dryas octopetala 

 Eubus Chamsemorus, 

 Alchemilla alpina, 

 Sedum Khodiola, 

 Saxifraga stellaris, 

 Saxifraga nivalis, 

 Saxifraga aizoides, 

 Saxifraga oppositifolia, 

 Galium boreale, 

 Saussurea alpina, 

 Hieracia, 

 Arbutus Uva-ursl, , 



Vaccinum Vitis-idsea, 

 Polygonum viviparum, 

 Oxyria reniformis, 

 Salix procumbens, 

 Salix herbaoea, 

 Juniperus nana, 

 Carex rigida, 

 Sesleria coerulea, 

 Poa alpina, 

 Cryptogramme crispa, 

 Folystichum Lonchitis, 

 Asplenium viride, . 

 Lycopodium alpinum, 

 Lycopodium selaginoides, 

 Isoetes lacustris. 



