Hypericum.] htpericace^. 55 



Bushy and rocky places ; frequent. Fl. July, August, 



Though' not a common plant is very widely distributed in 

 Ireland, and ranges from 50 to 350 feet in Derry. 



[H. elatum (Ait.), Brit. Flor, ; H. anglicum (Bert.) Bab. 

 Man., is naturalized in the plantation above Donard Lodge, 

 Down ; British Fhra (Ed. 8) and Fhr. Ulst. It is recorded 

 to have been gathered also near G-alway by Professor 

 Balfour.J 



[H. hircinum (Linn.) is thoroughly established on walls by 

 the road under Lota Wood, Glanmire, Cork ; /. G. We 

 have seen specimens collected by Dr. Balfour in this locality. 

 Mr. Carroll has also seen it near Monkstown ; and between 

 Aghada and Cloyne.] 



[ff. calydnum (Linn.) is now abundant on Dinis Island, 

 and is thoroughly naturalized in the woods at Mucruss, 

 KiUarney ; near Enniscorthy, Wexford ; at Powerscourt, 

 Wicklow ; and in many places in the county of Cork. 

 "Several plants were discovered near Ballymaloe, in the 

 barony of Imokilly, remote from any garden," about a hundred 

 and twenty years ago ; see Smith's " Cork," p. 355.] 



2. H. quadrangulum (Linn.) — Square-statked St. John's-wort. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 

 In wet and marshy places ; common. Fl. July, August. 



3. H, perforatum. (Linn.) — Perforated St. Jdkds-wort. 

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

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Woods and bushy places ; frequent. Fl. July, August. 



Rare in some parts, as about Cork, and described by Dr. 

 Dickie as very local in Ulster, though found by B. M. to be 

 not unfrequent in many parts of Derry. The variety H. 

 UneoMum (Jord.) has been gathered on the banks of the Moy, 

 in Mayo, by A. O. M. 



Ranges from sea-level to 1200 feet in Derry. 



