Brassica.'] ceucifee^. 23 



[E. orientak (R. Br.) has also been once or twice found by 

 Mr. John Morrison, on waste ground near Enniscorthy ; and 

 in flax fields near Dingle, Kerry, by Professor C. C. 

 Babington.] 



BRASSICA Linn. 

 1. % B. oleracea (Linn.) — Wild Cabbage. 

 Districts _ ^2 )--------- / 12 ) 



Lat. 51° 52°. South coast of Ireland? A doubtful native. 

 Type in Great Britain, Atlantic. 



Cliffs and stony beaches by the sea ; very rare. Fl. May, 

 June. 



2. On cliffs near Youghal, sparingly, and probably an 

 outcast from a Garden ; Drummond. Perhaps introduced in 

 thb locality; /. G. — 12. Among stones on the beach in the 

 Island of Rathlin; Flor. Ulst. Probably an escape from 

 cultivation in both these stations. " Brassica marina anglica," 

 noticed by Dr. Smith as growing on the coast of Cork, will 

 be found quoted under Crambe maritima. 



[Brassica campestris (Linn.), B. Rapa (Linn.), Turnip and 

 B. Napus (Linn.), Rape, are occasionally seen growing in 

 fields and waste ground, on hedge-banks, and also along 

 river sides, in places where the seeds have been conveyed by 

 floods ; but they are not native plants.J 



Obs. — B. monensis (E. Br.) was included in the " Irish Flora" 

 on the faith of Lightfoot's locality, the Scottish island of Arran. 



SmAPIS Linn. 

 1. + S nigra (Linn.) — Black Mustard. 

 Brassica nigra (Boiss.) Bentham. 



Districts 1 2 - ^fr d^) 4> - - - - - ^1% 

 Lat. 51°-53° or 56°. Perhaps native in the South of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Banks near the sea, and in cultivated land, waste places, 

 &c. ; rare. Fl. June to August. 



1 and 2. By the sea near Cork, rather general ; Flor. Cork. 

 Abundant near Queenstown, &c., and appears indigenous ; 

 /. C.—i. Near Blackstones, Wicklow; B. M.—5. Port- 

 marnock sands, and fields near Chapelizod ; Ma^kay Cat. Ir. 



