TrifoUunt.'] leguminos^. 73 



quarter of a mile west from Carrickfergus (Mr. Templeton) 

 Flor. Ulst. and Flor. Hih. Whitehead (Mr. MiUen) Castle 

 Chichester (G. D.) Fbr. Ulst. 



5. T. scabrum (Linn.) — Rough Rigid Trefoil. 

 District _-_-5_______ 



Lat. 53°-54°, East coast of Ireland — Dublin and Louth. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



■ Sandy ^nd gravelly places near the sea; very rare. Fl. 

 May, June. 



5. Fields near Sandymount, and at Kilbarrock church; 

 Flor. Hib, Along the North Wall, Dublin; and on the 

 rocky grounds about MUlefont, county Louth ; Ir. Flor. 



\T. maritimutn (Huds). — In a field near Eilbarrock church- 

 yard ; Wade Rar. (probably T. striatum was mistaken for it 

 in this locality, which is repeated in Mackay's Catalogue). 

 "In the Island of Lambay" (Mr. Underwood), Machay Rar., 

 but some doubt is expressed in Fhr. Hih. At the lower 

 end of the North Wall, Dublin; Machay Rar, (omitted in 

 Flor. Hib.). The late Mr. Johnston once brought a few 

 specimens from the neighbourhood of the glass works in the 

 " North Lots," where the seeds may have been introduced.] 



6. T. repens (Linn.) — DiUck Clover, Shamrock. 

 Districts 1-23456789 10 11 12 

 'Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type irf Great Britain, British. 



Meadows and pastures ; common. Fl. May to September. 



This IS the plant stUl worn as "Shamrock" on St. Patrick's 

 Day 01arch 17), though Medicago lupulina is also sold in 

 Dublin as the Shamrock. Edward Lhwyd, the celebrated 

 antiquary, writing in December, 1699, to Tancred Robinson, 

 says, after a recent visit to Ireland, "Their 'Shamrug' is 

 Our common clover" (Phil. Trans., No. 335). Threlkeld, 

 the earliest writer on the wild plants of Ireland, gives 

 "Seamar-oge" (Young Trefoil) as the Gaelic name for 

 " Trifolium pratense album," and says expressly that this is the 

 plant worn by the people in their hats on St. Patrick's Day. 



