Erica.} ericacej3. 183 



2. E. ciliaris (Linn.) — Ciliated Heath. 

 District ----___8---- 

 Lat. 53°-54°. West of Ireland— Galway only. 

 Type in Great Britain, Atlailtic. 



Heaths ; very rare. Fl, August, September. 



Found in 1846, by Mr. J. F. Bergin, growing with E. 

 Madcaiana, at Cfaigga More, near Eoundstone, Connemara.* 



Professor Balfour has kindly informed us that he, with his 

 pupils, when in Ireland in August, 1852, gathered Erica 

 ciliaris in some quantity on Craigga More, between Clifden 

 and Eoundstone ; (as recorded in the Phytologist, O. S., iv., 

 1007, and Bot. Soc, t^Ain., Proceedings for 1852.) 



E. Machaiana (Bab.) — E. Tetralix var. Bentham. 

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Wet boggy heaths ; very rare. 8. On a wet heath called 

 " Craigga More," by the side of the road between Eoundstone 

 and Clifden, within three miles of Eoundstone, Connemara ; 

 Flor. Hib., &c. Also by the hamlet of Letterdife, within a 

 mile of Eoundstone ; Mr. L. Ogilhy. In Charlesworth's 

 "Magazine of Natural History" (iii., p. 574). Mr. Newman 

 records his having found E. Machaiana near Achill Sound, 

 but this station has not been confirmed by any recent 

 observer. The reported locality near ClonakUty, Cork, was 

 probably erroneous. 



E. Machaiana is, we believe, only a hybrid between E. 

 tetralix and E. ciliaris. Other botanists, with Mr. Bentham, 

 consider it to be a form of E. Tetralix. Some of Irish 

 specimens scarcely differ from E. ciliaris var. Watsoni gathered 

 in Cornwall, where (as at TJrrisbeg) the two supposed parents 

 grow together. First noticed by Mr. "W. M'AUa previous 

 to 1835. 



3. E. Tetralix (Linn.) — Cross-leaved Heath. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Grfeat Britain, British. 



Wet boggy heaths ; common. Fl. July, August. 



* Mr. W. Andrews has lately informed us that he once gathered 

 B. Ciliaris on Monmor bog, between Kilrgsh and Kilkee, in Clare. 



