166 COMPOSiTiE. \Lapsana. 



LAPSANA Linn. 



1. L. communis (Linn.) — Nipplewort. 



Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

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

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Bushy places and cultivated land; frequent. FL- July, 

 August. 



Kather local in Ulster {Fhr. Ulst.) 



CICHORIUM Linn. 



1. t O. Intytaus (Linn.) — Chicory. 



Districts 12-45------ 12 



Lat. 51°-55°. South and East of Ireland. Not native. 

 Type in Great Britain, English, inclining to British. 



Cultivated land, banks, and waste places ; rare. Fl. July, 

 August. 



Rare, and not indigenous in the South of Ireland. 



1 and 2. In fields about Cork -occasionally; /. C. ; Little 

 Island ; Drummond. Corn-fields near Fermoy ; Mr. T. 

 Chandlee. In Waterford, near Clonmel; Miss S. Grubb. — 

 4. Fields on the Murrough of Wicklow ; J). M. — 5. In waste 

 places near the new jail at Kilmainham, Dublin [formerly] 

 Thrdkeld. On banks near the sea shore, a little south of 

 Malahide ; Dublin ; B. M. Plentiful near Balbriggan ; Flor. 

 Hib. In the County of Kildare ; Mr. F. Hauglkon. On the 

 lands about Scribblestown, abundantly ; Wade Duhl. ; and 

 along ditches and road-sides between Drogheda and Tur- 

 feckin, Louth ; Ir. Flor. — 12. Squire's Hill ; Sydenham ; 

 reclaimed land near Jennymount ; Flor. Ulst. SuppL, but 

 excluded by'Dr. Dickie as not indigenous. 



The most wUd-lookiag localities are on the east coast ; but 

 this is a plant which long continues in fields where it has 

 once been cultivated, and spreads to the adjacent banks, 

 especially on a sandy soil ; and appears to prefer the vicinity 

 of the sea. 



