46 CAEYOPHYLLACEiE. [Sagina. 



S. ciliata (Pries.) 



Districts ---^5 6----- 12 

 Banks and walls near the sea ; apparently rare in IreMnd. 

 5. Walls near the sea, about Dublin ; A. G. M. Banks 



above Howth {S. filiformis) \ Mr. J. Ball. — 6. Near Moerne 



Head, Clare! D.M.— 12. Ballycastle, Antrim ! Jiev. W. W. 



NembovM, and C. C. B. 



3. S. maritima (Don) — Sea Pearl-wort. 



S. procumbens var. Bentham. 



Districts 12-456-89- 11 12 



Lat. 51°-56°- Bound all the coast of Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, British. 



Banks, rocks, and moist pastures, near the sea ; frequent. 

 Fl. May to August. 



4. S. subiHata (Wimm.) — Awl-leaved Pearl-wort. 



S. Litincei (Presl.) Bentham. ' Spergula subulata (Swartz). 

 Districts l----6-8--//'12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. "West and North of Ireland, chiefly. 

 Type in Great Britain, Scottish, inclining to British. 



Elevated pastures, and banks near the sea ; rare. Fl. June 

 to August. 



1. Plentiful on Brandon mountain, Kerry ; JD. M. Near 

 the telegraph on Bear Island; Drmnmond (under Spergula 

 saginoides). On mountains near Bantry (Miss Hutchins); 

 Flor. Hib. (probably this rather than Maenchia, which is 

 preserved under the name of "Spergula saginoides,^' in Dr. 

 Mackay's Herbarium.) About Derry, Kosscarbery ; FUrr. 

 Cork.— 6. Cliffs of Moher, Clare! /. G. Near Kilmoran, 

 South Isles of Arran ; Prof. Oliver. — 8. On Lottery moun- 

 tain, Connemara ; Wade Gallovid. Near Roundstone ; Prof. 

 Oliver. Connemara; Fbr. Hib. — 12. Isle of Muck, and 

 Island Magee; Fbr. Ulst. Pairhead; Island of Rathlin; and 

 Portrush; D.M. 



Ranges from sea-level in Rathlin to 2000 feet on Brandon. 



