Eonkeneja^ caetophtllace^. 47 



5. S. nodosa (E. Meyer) — Knotted Spurrey, 

 Spergula nodosa (Linn.) Flor. Hib, 



Districts 123456789- 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Moist sandy places, and in marshes ; frequent. Fl. July, 

 August. 



HONKENEJA Ehrh, 

 1. H. peploldes (Ehrh.) — Sea Purslane. 

 Arenaria pephides Linn. 



Districts 12-45--89-1112 

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

 Type in Great Britain, British. 

 Sandy sea-shores ; frequent. Fl. June, July. 



ALSINE Wahl. 

 1. A. verna (Jacq.) — Spring Sand-wort. 

 Arenaria verna (Linn.) — ^Brit. Flor. and Bentham. 

 Districts -----6 --9-- 12 

 Lat.'53°-56°. West and North of Ireland, near the coast. 

 Type in Great Britain, Intermediate, inclining to Scottish. 



Eocky places ; .very local. Fl. May to August. 



6. Between Lunenagh Castle and Kilferna, Clare; Flor. 

 Hib. On the coast at Black Head, abundantly ; A, G. M. 

 Common in Burren ; Mr. F. J. Foot. Great Island of Arran ; 

 D.M. — 9. About Cong, Mayo; Dr. P. Browne {midie,v Arenaria 

 saxatHis). In the county of Sligo [probably on Ben Bulben] ; 

 the late Mr. J. Wynne. — 12. Bocks at Carlingford Castle, 

 Antrim ; Flor. Ulst. In the low glens near BaUinbeg ; Ir. 

 Flor. On the mountains of Lurgedon, SDlagh Braes, Agnew's 

 Hill, and in glens adjacent, Antrim; on the mountains of 

 Benbradagh and Ben Evenagh, and on Umbra rocks, MagU- 

 ligan, Derry; D. M. On trap rocks, along the coasts of 

 Antrim and Derry ; on limestone in Burren and Sligo. 



Mr. Syme refers the Arran plant to var P Gerardi; and the 

 specimens from CushendaU, Antrim, appear to be the same. 



Banges from sea-level in Clare to 1300 feet in Derry. 



