Sallx.] AMENTIFER^. 269 



Hedges, sides of rivers, and wet places ; local, and doubt- 

 fully indigenous. Fl. May. 



Sides of rivers in Connemara ; W'ade Bar. In Donegal, 

 Derry, and Antrim ; but usually in places where it has been 

 planted. 



Var. Helix (S. Helix Linn.) 



1. Near Carrigaline, Cork; Drummond. 1 and 2. In 

 several places, but always in suspicious stations ; /. C. — 8. 

 Sea-side at the mouth of the KiUery Harbour, Mayo ; Flor. 

 Hib. — 10. Hedges near Florence-court, Fermanagh ; Flor. 

 Hib. — 12. In Glen-dermot ; by the Faughan, and other places 

 in Derry ; near Ballycastle, and shores of Lough Neagh, 

 at Shane's Castle, Antrim ; D. M. 



Var. y LamhertiaTia (S. Lamhertiana, Smith). 



12. Eoad-side, and along the Bush river, near Dervock, 

 Antrim ; and by the river Bann, &c., near Coleraine, Derry ; 

 D.M. 



7. X S. rubra (Huds.) — Green-leaved Osier. 

 S. purpurea var. Bentham. 

 Districts - (2) -------- 11 12 



Lat. 54°-56°. North of Ireland; a doubtful native. 

 Type in Great Britain, English, or Intermediate. 



River-sides, and wet places, but scarcely wild. Fl. March, 

 April. 



2. Near Fermoy; Drummond. — 11. In Donegal; Mr. 0. 

 Moore. — 12. Banks of the Faughan, above Oaks Lodge; 

 D. M. Moneymore; Stewartstown ; Newtownards (Mr. 

 Templeton) ; Fhr. Ulst. 



Var. $ Forbyana S. Forhyana (Smith). 

 12. Glendermot, Derry; abundant near Ballymena and 

 Cloghmills, Antrim ; D. M. 



8. X S. vtminalis (Linn.) — Comman Osier, 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland ; a doubtful native. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Sides of rivers, hedges, and wet places ; frequent, but 

 scarcely wild. Fl. March to May. 



