210 SCEOPHULARIACE^. [Melampyrvm. 



MELAMP7RUM Linn. 

 1. M. prateuse (Linn.) — Common Cow-wheat. 

 Districts 12-456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Woods and heaths ;, frequent. Fl. June to August. 



Var. fi ericetorum (Oliv.) 



8. Among grass, &c., near Eoundstone, and on TJrrisbeg, 

 Connemara; and (9.) On Ben-Bulben, Sligo, to 1000 or 

 1500 feet ; Frof. Oliver. " Phytologist," O. S., vol. iv., pp. 

 678 and 1078. 



Var. y montanum (Johnst.) 



1. On the top of Mangerton; Flor. Hib. — 4. On the 

 Great Sugar Loaf, Wicklow ; Mr. J. Ball. — 6.? On high 

 ground in Burren, frequent ; Mr. F. J. Foot, who believes 

 that this is the plant recorded by him under the name of 

 "M. sylvciicum." — 8. On Croagh Patrick ; Fhr. Hib. Nephin; 

 Flor. Ulst. On Cor Slieve, in Erris ; Mr. J. Ball. — 9. Ben- 

 Bulben ; Flor. Ulst. Muckish (to 2000 feet), and Erigal 

 (from 2000 to 2280 feet) Flor. Ulst. Some of these locali- 

 ties may belong to the former variety. 



From sea level to 2280 feet (var, montanum). 



2. M. sylvatietim (Linn.) — Small-flowered Cow-wheat. 

 District -_----_-__- 12 

 Lat. 54°-56°- North-east of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, Scottish. 



Upland woods ; rare and very local. Fl. July. 



12. TuUamore Park (Mr. Thompson); Ballyligg Glen, 

 near Lame and near Glenarm ; Glen of Altmore, Cushendall ; 

 Deer Park, at Glenarm! Cave HUl; Woodburn Glen and 

 Craig Hill, near Ballyclare ; Fhr. Ulst. On Errigal banks 

 facing north, above Garvagh, Derry ; Glenariff and Glenarm, 

 Antrim ; D. M. 



Mr. Foot is uncertain whether he found this or M. 

 montanum in Burren; unfortunately no specimens were 

 preserved. 



Ranges from 200 to 600 feet in Antrim. 



