258 EMPETEACE^. lEmpetrum. 



OEDER LVn.— EMPETEACEJE. 



EMPETBUM Linn. 

 1. E. nigrum. (Linn.) — Crow-berry. 

 Districts 12-45--89-1112 

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

 Type in Great Britain, Scottish, inclining to Highland. 

 Mountain heaths ; not unfrequent, but local. Fl. May. 

 Rare in the southi 1. Hungry HiE, near Bantry ; Flor. 

 Cork and L C, — 2. Galtymore, Tipperary ; Mr. T. Anderson. 

 Frequent on the mountains of Dublin and Wicklow, and in 

 the west and north of Ireland. 



Eanges from near sea-level at Pintra, in Donegal [A. G. M.), 

 to about 3000 feet on Lugnaquilla, Wicklow {D. M.) 



ORDEE LVm.— EUPHORBIACE.^. 

 EUPHOEBIA Linn. 



1. E, Peplis (Linn.). — Purple Sea Spurge. 

 District _2---------- 



Lat. 52°-53°. South of Ireland— Waterford only. 



Type in Great Britain, Atlantic. 



Sandy sea-shores ; very rare. Fl. July to September. 



2. Garraris Cove, near Tramore, Waterford (Miss Trench) ; 

 Mackay Addit. (Nat. Hist. Eev., O. S., vi., 537) ; and spec. ! 

 with label attached in Herb. Maxkay. 



First found by Miss Trench in 1839. 



2. B. helioscopia (Linn.) — Sun Spurge, 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, British. 



Cultivated land ; frequent. Fl. June to S^tember. 



3. E. hytaerna (Linn.) — Irish Spurge. 

 Districts 12- --6- -9? -11? 12? 

 Lat 51°-56°. South-west, and perhaps North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, Atlantic. 



Woods and thickets ; very local. Fl. June. 



