Centaurea.] COMPOSITE. 161 



"Waste places ; apparently very rare in Ireland. Fl. July, 

 August. 



1. Clonakilty, Cork ; C. C. B. (in A. N. H.) 

 The specimens which we have seen, under the name of 

 " A. raajus,'' from the neighbourhood of Belfast, collected by 

 Mr. Tate and Mr. Stewart, appear to belong to A. interme- 

 dium. They are certainly not A, majus. 



2. A. minus (Sehk.) — Lesser Burdock. 

 A. Lappa, Bentham. 



Districts 12345678- 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Waste places, waysides, hedges, and thickets; common. 

 Fl. August. 



A. intermedium, Jj^nge. A.pvhens, Bab. Man. 

 Districts 12--^4--9--12 



1 and 2. Frequent about Cork ; /. C. Abundant through 

 a great part of the south of Ireland, where A. mirms is 

 scarce ; C. G. 5.-9. Near Foxford, Mayo ; A. G. M.—12. 

 About Belfast, and other places in Antrim ; I>. M. 



Probably not uncommon, but likely to be passed over as a 

 stouter form of A. minus. 



CENTATTBEA Linn. 

 1. C. nigra (Linn.) — Black Knapweed. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Fields and banks ; common. Fl. June to September. 

 Var. p radiata. 



Rare. — 1. Base of Carig Mountain, near Kenmare ; Flor. 

 Hib. (under C Jaced). — 1 and 2. In south and north Cork ; 

 /. C— 3. Near Stradbally, Queen's County ; Mr. T. 

 Chandke.—^. NearBaltinglass,Wicklow; Ifn T. Ghandlee. — 

 12. By the Agivey river, near Garvagh, Derry, very rare ; 

 D. M. In a field near Belfast ; Flor. Hib: (under G. Jacea). 

 Mr. Carroll has noticed it in several parts of the south of 



