84 EOSACE^. [SpircBU. 



SPIRjEA Linn. • 



1. S. Ulmaria (Linn.) — Meadow-sweet. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. ol°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, Brilish. 



Damp meadows and borders of streams ; common. Fl. 

 June to August. 



2. S, Filipendula (Linn.) — Dropwort. 

 District -___-6 — ----- 

 Lat. 53°-54°. West of Ireland— Galway and Clare. 

 Type in Great Britain, English', inclining to Germanic. 



Calcareous pastures ; very local. Fl. June, July. 



6. At Portumna, in the demesne of Marquis of Clanricarde ; 

 B. M. Near Gort ; D. M. Garryland ; A. G. M. Near 

 Glen Columbkille, in Clare ; Rev. T. O'Mahony. Abundantly 

 in Glen Columbkille, and in several places thence towards 

 Gort; Mr. F. J. Foot. In the barony of Burrin, Clare; 

 E'Eogh (1735). 



From 100 feet, or less, to 550 in Glencolumkille (F. J. F.). 



Ij^irma salidfolia (Linn.) is occasionally seen in hedges and 

 copses, where it has been planted.] 



SANGUISOBBA Linn. 



1. S. of5.ciD.alis (Linn.) — Ch-eat Burnet. 



Districts -------8--- 12 



Lat. 54°-55°. West and North of Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, Intermediate, inclining to English. 



Banks of lakes and rivers, and in damp fields ; very rare, 

 if^^. June to August. 



8. On the stony shores of Lough CuUin, and of Lough 

 Conn, in Mayo, abundantly in many places ; A. G. M, — 

 12. On a dry bank sloping totheBann, a mile below Agivey, 

 in Derry ; D. M. On small gravelly mounds in the townland 

 of Maddykeel, parish of Finvoy, near Easharkin, Antrim ; 

 D. M. Plentiful in a field near Donaghadee, on the inland 

 side of the road to Millisle, Down ! Miss Maffett 1 Reported 

 as found near Cork, but has not been seen there recently, 

 unless it occur in either of the stations reported for Potmium 

 Sanguisorha. 



