70 LEGUMINOS-E. [Melilotus. 



posed " Medicago denticulata " of " Flora Belfastiensis," from 

 Donaghadee, which proves to be a Melilotus, probably M. 

 arvensis.] 



[Medicago minima (Laip.) has once been found by the Com 

 Market at Cork, and Mr. Sullivan informs us that he has 

 recently found it growing in cultivated fields at Bandon, no 

 doubt introduced with the crops.] 



MELITOTUS Lam. 



1. t M. ofS.ciiialis (WUld.) — Common Melilot. 



Districts l?2?3-5------12 



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

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



"Waste places, banks and borders of fields, chiefly near the 

 sea ; very local and rare. Fl. July to August. 



1 ? and 2 ? In the Little Island ; Drummond. In a quarry 

 at Blackrock; Flor. Cork (probably M. arvenm; I. C.) — 

 3. By the Kilkenny railway, which passes through brackish 

 marshes, near "Waterford, plentiful {Mr. T. Chandlee) ; /. C. — 

 5. In some closes, which by the ridges appear to have been 

 ploughed, beyond Coolack, copiously; Threlheld. Sandy and 

 bushy banks in Killiney Bay ; plentifully near Baldoyle ; and 

 in fields round the quarry near Finglas Bridge ; Wade Dvbl. 

 On the lands of Abbejrville, Baldoyle! and Kilbarrock! 

 Feltrum HUl and Rush ; Ir. Fhr. Portmarnock ; and old 

 quarries above Sutton (Howth) ; the late Mr. J. White. — 

 12. On the Curran of Larne, Antrim ; D. M. 



Probably introduced in some, if not all, of these localities. 



2. * M. axvensis (Willd.) — Fidd Melilot. 



Districts 12--------- 12 



On railway embankments, waste ground, &c., &c. ; very 



rare, and certainly introduced. Fl. June to August. 



1 and 2. By railways near Cork, sparingly, and now quite 



extinct; /. G. — 2. Railway side at Cahir, in considerable 



quantity; Mr. T. Wright. Railway station at Clonmel; 



Miss S. Grubb. — 12. Donaghadee ! Miss MaffeU (apparently 



this species, but the specimen is imperfect). 



