128 UMBELLIFEE^. [F(Bniculum. 



FCENICULUM 'SoSm. 

 1. 1 1", ofllcinale (AM.)— Fennel. 

 Fomiculum vidgare (Gaert.) Flor. Hib. and Brit. Flor. 



District 1 2 - 4y (5) - - (8) (12) 



Lat. 51°-53°. Perhaps native on the South Coast of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Dry banks and waste places, near houses ; mostly towards 

 the coast ; rare, and certainly introduced in most, if not all, 

 its localities. Fl. July, August. 



1 and 2. Eather common about Cork ; Flor. Corh. Com- 

 mon about the harbour of Cork, and apparently indigenous ; 

 /. C. Naturalized at Glanworth Castle, Fermoy; Mr. T. 

 Chandlee. Dunmore, on the Coast of Waterford and near 

 Clonmel; Miss S. Grubh. — 4. On the coast at Curacloa, 

 "Wexford ; Mr. J. Morrison. Abundant on banks by the_^ 

 r^a^^sidebetwgfin. Bray and the Dajgle. — (5.) Banks near 

 Old Church, Killiney; Old Abbey at Howth; near Eath- 

 farnham-bridge ; Chapelizod ; and Clonskeagh ; Wade JDvM. 

 Near gardens along Knockmaroon hill; B.M. — (8.) Near 

 Galway (escaped from cultivation) ; Prof. MelviUe. — (12.) 

 Curran of Lame, Antrim ; introduced ; D. M. 



The most wild-looking localities axe on the south coast, 

 whence proceeding northwards the habitats become more 

 and more suspicious. The plant is not included by Dr. Dickie 

 in his " Flora of Ulster." 



HALOS-CIAS Fries. 

 1. H. scoticum (Fries.) — Scottish Lovage. 

 Ligusdoum scoticum (Linn.) Flor. Hib. and Brit. Flor. 

 Districts ____-----_ 11 12 

 Lat. 55°-56°. North coast of teland. 

 Type in Great Britain, Scottish. 



Eocks by the sea ; rare. Fl. July, August. 



11. Among rocks at Norvanny Point, parish of Clonmany, 

 Donegal ; Mr. G. Moore. In great profusion at Innishowen 

 Head, Culdaff and Giveny, Donegal ; Flor. Ulst. — 12. 

 Garron Head, near Cushendall, Antrim ; sea-shore between 



