118 SAXiFEAGACE^. [Soxifroga. 



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7. S. hypnoides (Linn.) — Mossy Saxifrage. ' 

 Districts 12-, --67-9 10-12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. 

 Type in Britain, Scottish, inclining to British. 



Eocky places, mostly on mountains ; frequent, but local. 

 Fl. May to August. 



1. Killarney; D.M. — 2. On Galtymore, Tipperary; Mr. 

 T. Anderson. On the Comeragh Mountains, Waterford ; Mr. 

 J. Qrvhh. — 6. At Castle Taylor, and at Garryland, Galway ; 

 A. G. M. Throughout Burren ; Mr. F. J. Foot. (A curious 

 form, with the barren shoots terminating in dense rosettes, 

 grows on the shore near Black Head, and in Great Arran 

 Island, and comes very near to S. hirta ; A. G. M. KJiockmai 

 Mountain, near Tuam; Wade Bar. Near Castle Hacket, 

 Galway ; Ir. Flar. — 7. Rock at Eeynella, West Meath ; Miss 

 E. BeyneU. — 9. On Ben Braddagh, Ben Whisken, and 

 Glenade, Sligo; Admiral, Jones. Kesh Corran; Mr. F. J. 

 Foot. Abundant on rocks in Sligo ; Flor. Ulst. — 10. HiU of 

 Knocknenny, Fermanagh ; Wade Bar. Limestone rocks, 

 near Swanlinbar, Cavan ; Mackay Bar. — 12. In many parts 

 of Antrim and Derry ; D. M. and Flor. Ulst. 



Ranges from near sea-level in Clare, to upwards of 3000 feet. 

 S. hirta (Sm.). 

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



1. On Brandon Mountain, Kerry; Bah. Man. On Curan 

 Tuol (Carntual) ; Flor. Hib. — 2. Near the summit of Galty- 

 more, Tipperary ; Flor. Hib. The plant from " Hag's Glen '' 

 is S. hypnoides var. platypetala ; C. C. B. 



S. affinis Don. 

 District 1 __ — — -- — — -__ 



Kerry only. — On a rock at the top of Brandon Mountain, 

 Kerry ; Machay, Cat. Ir. 



Obs. — S. cmspitosa (Flor. Hib.), a plant gathered on a rock 

 near the summit of Brandon Mountain, and considered by 

 Dr. Mackay to be S. ccespitosa (Linn.), we have reason to 

 believe, is nothing more than one of the many forms of 

 S. hypnoides. 



"/S'. pedatifida," supposed to have been found in Achill, 

 by Mr. J. Wynne, was probably also a form of S. hypnoides. 



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