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2. M. sylvestris (Linn.) — Common Mallow. 



Districts 1 2 3 4 5/ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Hedge-banks, waysides, and borders of fields; frequent. 

 Fl. June to August. 



Probably sometimes an escape from cultivation, being 

 frequently grown in cottage gardens. 



3. M. rotundifoUa (Linn.) — Dwarf Mallow. 



Districts 123456-8--- 12 

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

 Type in Great Britain, English, inclining to British. 



Waste places, especially near the sea; rather rare. Fl. 

 June to September. 



Scarce in the west and 'north, and perhaps introduced in 

 some of the stations. 



ALTERA Linn. 



1. A officinalis (Linn.) — Marsh Mallow. 



Districts 1 2-- (5) 6-8---- 

 Lat. 51°-54°. South and West coasts of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Salt marshes ; rather locaL Fl. August, September. 



1. Cape Clear Island ; Drum/mond. Coast near Kilbrittain ; 

 I. C.—^2. Castlemartyr ; Flor. Cork. Cable Island, near 

 Youghal Harbour ; Smith's " Cork." In many salt marshes 

 in Cork ; Wade Bar. Strand at Kilfarasy, Waterford ; Miss 

 A, Taylor. — (5). On the road to Cardiff's Bridge, near Cabragh, 

 DubUn ; Wade Bar. (doubtless introdui6ed). — 6. Plentiful in 

 salt marshes about the Shannon and Fergus rivers; Wade 

 Bar. Dunbeg, Clare ; D. M. Roadside between Lahinch 

 and Miltown ; Flor. Hib. Eoadsides between Loophead and 

 Miltown Malbay, but nearly always by cottages ; I. C.—8. 

 Old Head, south side of Clew Bay, Mayo ; Miss S. Grubb. 



An escape from cultivation in many places. 



