114 SAXiFKAGACE-E. [Soxifroga. 



neighbourhood of cottages and gardens, and on old buildings; 

 very rarely in a partially naturalized condition along the 

 banks of streams, but are hardly sufficiently established to 

 be reckoned in the Irish Flora.] 



ORDER XXIX.— SAXIFRAGACE^. 

 SAXIFRAGA Linn. 

 1. S. Timbrosa (Linn.) — London Pride, St. Patrich's Cabbage. 

 S. Oeum var. Bentham. 



Districts 12-----89-11- 

 Lat. 51°-56°- South and West of Ireland. 

 Hibernian type. Not native in Great Britain. 

 Mountains and woods ; local. Fl. June, July. 

 1. On nearly all the mountains of Kerry ; plentiful in the 

 woods at KiUarney; D. M., &c. At the Gap of Dunloe 

 {var. serratifolia) ; Flor. Hib. Common on all the rocks in 

 the western parts of Cork ; Smith's " Cork." Plentiful in 

 the woods at GlengarifE, near Bantry ; Flor. Hib. BaUy- 

 davelin hiH, Carbery; rocks by the Lee, close above 

 Inniscarra-bridge ; Drummond. — 2. On the Comeragh and 

 Clogheen mountains, Waterf ord ; /. C. On the top of the 

 high mountains of Knockmeledown ; Smith's " Waterford " 

 {var. serratifolia); D.M. — 8. On nearly aU the mountains of 

 Connemara, from about sea-level upwards ; Milrea and Croagh 

 Patrick; Flor. Hib. On Nephin (from 600 feet to the 

 summit) ; Flor. Ulst. On the shores of Loughs CuUin and 

 Conn, about Pontoon ; A. G. M. — 9. On the hiUs north-east 

 of Foxford ; A. G. M. — 11. On Muckish mountain, Donegal ; 

 Flor. Hib. On Errigal, and at Knockglass, Malin, close by 

 the sea, at not more than 100 feet ; Flor. Ulst. 



The variety punctata (Haw.) is the more abundant, if not 

 the only form occurring in Connemara, Mayo, and Donegal ; 

 C. C. B. 



Ranges from near sea-level in Kerry and Connemara to 

 2650 feet on Nephin, and 3404 feet on Curran Tual. 



This plant was first published as growing wild on Man- 



