. Verbascum.] sceophulariace^. 205 



and several places near Belfast ;. Flor. Ulst,, Shane's Castle ; 

 Mr. S. A, Stewart. Glenarm; Ir. Flor, Woods at Eoe 

 Park ; Moneymore ; and Grarvagh, Derry ; Z). M. 



ORDEE XLVm.— SCROPHULAJBIACEJE. 



VEEBASCUM JAnn. 



1. V. Thapsus (Lmu.)— Great Mvllein. 



Districts 12 34567-9 10 -12 

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

 Type in Great Britain, English, inclining to British. 



Banks, fields, and waste places ; frequent. Fl. June, July. 



Rather rare in the north and west of Ireland, and probably 

 introduced in some of its localities. 



2. % Y. Blattaria (Linn.) — Moth Mullein. 

 Districts 12-4-------- 



Lat. 51°-53°- Extreme South of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English, if native. 



Road-sides, waste .places, quarries, &c. ; veiy rare. Fl. 

 August. 



1 and 2. In several places near Cork, Bandon, &c., in 

 gardens, waste ground, on walls, by newly-madfe roads and 

 quarries ; once found (some scores (rf plants) in a pasture- 

 field opposite Monkstown, but is not persistent in any of its 

 localities ; /. C. Abundant on rubbish and about quarries 

 at Queenstown ; and by the old townrwa.il at Bandon ; Mr. 

 J. Sullivan. Ballydine, Tipperary ; Miss S. Gmbh. Clon- 

 mel (C. Jacob); /. G. — 4. In county. Wexford; Mr. J. 

 Morrison, 



There is little doubt that this plant has escaped from 

 garden cultivation, but it seems to be quite established in 

 the neighbourhood of Cork. Mr. CarroU describes it as 

 varying with white or pale purplish flowers, and considers 

 it much more frequent than V, virgatum in the south of 

 Ireland. 



