168 COMPOSITE. [Tragopogon. 



Pastures and banks, mostly on a calcareous soil ; rather 

 rare. Fl. June, August. 



1. At Killamey ; C. G. B. ; Castle Gregory, Kerry ; 

 D. M. — 1 and 2. Eather rare about Cork; Fhr. Cork. 

 Near Fermoy ; Mr. T. -Chandlee. — 3. Near Kilmacow, Kil- 

 kenny; Mr. T. Chandhe. — 4. Murrougb of Wicklow; D.M. — 

 5. Abundant at Portmarnock ; Mackay Cat. Ir. Ballitore, 

 Kildare ; /. C — 8. Near the town of Galway, but rather 

 rare ; Prof. Melville. — 9. Near HoUymount, Mayo, sparingly ; 

 A, G.M. — 11. In the extreme north of Ulster, near Malin, 

 &c. ; Fhr. Ulst. — 12. Very rare near Belfast ; Mr. S. A. 

 Stewart. Banks of the Lagan ; Flor. Ulst. Ballymaghaw ; 

 Flor. Belf. MagiUigan, and other places in Derry ; D. M. 



With a wider range than Thrincia hirta, the present species 

 appears to be less abundant. Near Galway Professor Mel- 

 ville considers it much the scarcer of the two. 



2. A. autumnalis (Willd.) — Avtvmnal Hawkbit. 

 Leontodon Avtumnalis (Linn.) Bentham. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Pastures and heaths ; common. Fl. August, September. 

 Var. A. Taraxaci (Smith.) 



On mountains.— 1. Magillicuddy's Reeks, Brandon ; 

 Mackay Bar. And other mountains in Kerry ; Flor. Hib. 

 Galtymore, Tipperary ; Mackay Bar. — 4. On Lugnaquilla, 

 Wicklow; Mr. J. Ball.— 2. Ben Bulben; Flor. Ulst.— 11. 

 Errigal and Island of Innistrahull ; Flor. Ulst. — 12. Slieve 

 Donard ; Cave Hill ; Black Mountain ; Flor. Ulst'. On 

 several of the basaltic mountains of Derry ; D. M. From 

 sea-level (A. avtumnalis) to 1200 feet on Ben Evenagh {oar, 

 Taraxaci) ; D. M. 



TBAGOFOGON Urm. 

 1. T. pratensis (Linn.) — Yellow Goafs-ieard. 

 Districts -2-45 6-8 9--- 

 Lat. 51°-55°. South and Middle of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Pastures and sandy banks ; rather rare. Fl. June, July 



