Cerastium.] CARTOPHTLLACE^. 51 



4. C. semidecandrum (Linn.) — LiUle Mouse-ear. 

 G. vulgoAum var. Bentham. 



Districts 12-45--8-10P1112 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Sand-hUls and dry places near the sea ; apparently rare, 

 but probably overlooked in many places. Fl. April, May. 



1 and 2. Near Cork and Middleton ; Flor Cork. — 4 and 

 5. Common on the sand-hills of WickloTV and Dublin ; D.M. 

 — 8. On the west side of Galway ; Prof. Melville. — 9. Mul- 

 laghmore, Sligo; AdmiralJones. — 11. Sand-hills near Ardara, 

 Donegal; A.G.M, — 12. Shores of Lough Neagh, and sand- 

 hills on the coast of Derry ; D.M. 



5. C. arvense (Linn.) — Large-flowered Mouse-ear. 



Districts 12--56-8---12? 

 Lat. 51°-55°. South, West, and East coasts of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Sandy banks, and among rocks, chiefly near the sea, and 

 very local. Fl. May to July. 



1. On the Blasquet Islands, Kerry ; Mr. W. Andrews 

 (veer, striatum). — 2. By the shore at BaUyvodock, Middleton ; 

 Fhr. Cork. — 5. About Kilbarrock, Baldoyle, Portmarnock, 

 and Bush ; Ir. Fhr. Between Clontarf and Howth ; Fhr. 

 Hib. — 6. Frequent in the Burren district of Clare ; Mr. F. 

 J. Foot. South shores of Galway Bay ; A. G. M. Great 

 Isle of Arran (var. sirietum) ; Mr. W. Andrews. — 8. To the 

 west of Galway, near the shore ; Frof. Melville. — 12. ? 

 Greencastle, Down ; Ir. Flor. 



Obs. — Cerastium trigynum (ViU.), SteUaria cerastoides (Linn.) 

 is stated to have been found on "High mountains near 

 Bantry, rare (Miss Hutchins) ;" Mackay, Gat. Ir. ; and " On 

 a high mountain near Bantry (Miss Hutchins) ;" Fhr. Hib. ; 

 but has not been re-discovered by any other botanist since 

 Miss Hutchins ; and in Scotland it is one of the most alpine 

 species, belonging exclusively to the " super-arctic zone" of 

 Watson, with its lower limit at 2700 feet on Ben Nevis. It 

 is, however, common on the higher Pyrenees, and as there 



