Lysimachia.'] PEiMULACBiB. 237 



The Rev. Richard Oulton has kindly informed us that he 

 has seen Hottonia palustris growing profusely in drains and 

 deep cuts where the railway runs through the marshes near 

 Downpatrick, and adds that it has every appearance of being 

 native. 



LTSIMACHIA Linn. 



1. L. vulgaris (Linn.) — Telhw Loose-strife. 

 Districts 123-56789 10-12 

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

 Type in Great Britain, English, inclining to British. 



Banks of rivers' and lakes, and in marshy meadows ; 

 frequent, but rather local. Fl. July. 



Rather rai'e in the south, but occurs in the counties of 

 Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, and Kilkenny. Not 

 found in Wicklow, and in Dublin only recorded to grow about 

 Loughlinstown and Old Connaught. Frequent in many of 

 the midland, western, and northern counties, especially about 

 the margins of the larger lakes and rivers. 



2 t Ii. Wumimilaria (Linn.) — Moneywort. 

 Districts 1? (2) - - 5 ? - - 8 ? - - - 12 

 Lat. 51°-55°. Possibly native in the East of Ireland. 

 Type in G-reat Britain, English. 



Hedge-banks and borders of streams and ponds; very 

 rare, and often in suspicious stations. Fl. June, July. 



1 ? Recorded by Mr. Drummond as having been formerly 

 found on BaUyphehane and Summerstown bogs; Sunday's 

 Wfell (Rev. Dr. Hinks) ; Fhr. Corh, but not seen recently ; I.C. 

 — 2. Boggy ditch-bank near Tramore, "Waterford, probably 

 an escape from cultivation ; Mr, T. Chandlee. Near Clonmel 

 (Miss A. Taylor), probably not native; /. G. — 5. "Juxta 

 scrobes et fluenta apud Kilmashogue ;" Wade Dull. Side of 

 a small pond near Loughlinstown ; the late Mr. J. Johnston. In 

 marshy situations at the old camp, Loughlinstown ; and in 

 moist woods about CoUon, Louth ; Ir, Flor. In patches on 

 the overhanging banks of the Liffey at Lodge Park, Kildare, 

 perhaps conveyed by floods ; Mr. J. Douglas. — 8. Streams- 

 town, Connemara ; Wade Gcdlovid. — 12. On a wet bank by 



