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2 . Eare near Cork ; Flor. Cork , and only seen by Mr. J. 

 Sullivan in the northern division of the county, — 2. Near 

 Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir ; Miss S. Grubb. — 4. Murrough 

 of Wicklow; D.M.—5. Near Moone and Ballytore; /. G. 

 In various places near Dublin j Wade DM. and Fhr. Hib. 

 {T. pratensia). Oldcastle, Meath ; Flor. Hib. About Mount 

 Oriel ; Strigna and Tiernan's Hill, Louth ; Ir. Flor. — 6. Fields 

 near Limerick ;. Pro/. Harvey {T. praUnsis). At G-arryland, 

 near Gort, G-alway ; A. G. M. — 8. Near the town of G-alway 

 {T. minor) ; Prof. Melville. — 9. At HoUymount, Mayo, 

 sparingly ; A. G. M. 



As far as we can ascertain, the two forms T. minor 

 (Fries.) and T. pratensis (Linn.), are about equally frequent 

 in Ireland. 



[I*, porrifolius (Linn.) Purple Goafs-beard. Near Lix- 

 naw, on the banks of the Eiver Brick j Smith's "Kern/." 

 Once or twice found near Cork, but only as an outcast from 

 gardens ; Flor. Cork and Mr. J. SvUivan. Railway banks, 

 Sydenham ; Flor. BeLf. Churchyard of Glenarm ; Fliyr. 

 Ulst, No doubt accidentally introduced, and we believe not 

 permanent.] 



[JPicris hieracioides (Linn .) . Portmar nock sands, sparingly ; 

 Machay Gat. Ir. Sandy fields at Portmarnock; Fhr. Hib. 

 The plant has not been lately found in this station, where 

 (with many other aliens) it was probably introduced, nor has 

 the supposed locality " near Cork " been confirmed by recent 

 observation.] 



HELMINTHIA Juss. 



1: H. echioides (Graert.) — Bristly Ox-tongm. 



Districts _2--5------- 



Lat. 51°-54°. South and East— Cork ; Dublin ; and Meath. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Hedge-banks, borders of fields, &c. ; rare and very local. 

 Fl. July to September. 



2. Fields in the Little Island, Cork; Drummond. Near 

 Bury's bridge, Factory hUl; Flor. Cork. Occasionally in 

 North Cork, but very rare, and perhaps introduced ; I. C. — 

 5. "Frequent under hedges, and above the barracks on a 



