294 ASPAEAGACE^. \_Asparagm. 



other two species ; Fhr. Cork. In Castle Inch church-yard, 

 and several other places, as Domville and Kilmanagh in 

 Kilkenny ; Bev, S. Madden. Simmon's Court. Between 

 Ball's-bridge and Merrion ; BaUygaU, near Glasnevin ; near 

 Drumeondra, &c. ; Wade Dvhl.'] 



\N, poeUcus (Linn.) is described as naturalized about old 

 Abbeys, and at Carrigrohane Castle in Cork; and in the 

 County of Dublin, if the stations do not belong to N. biflorus.'] 



[N. major (Curt.) is stated to be the species found in fields 

 near Templeogue, formerly recorded by Mackay as N. 

 Pseudo-narmstis.2 



The three latter occur in the vicinity of ruins, houses, and 

 gardens, in places where there can be no doubt of their 

 having escaped from cultivation. iV, biflorus is the only 

 species which is found in wild-looking localities. 



[Galanthus nivcMs (Linn.) Snowdrop is included in the 

 " Irish Flora " as found on the banks of the Tolka, Dublin ; 

 but cannot be considered thoroughly naturalized in Ireland.] 



ORDEE LXrX.— ASPARAGACE.^. 



ASPARAGUS Linn. 



1. A. o£Q.cinalia (Linn.) — WUd Asparagus. 



Districts _2-4----- — -_ 



Lat. 52°-53°. South-east of Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, Atlantic. 



Sandy ground by the sea ; very rare. Fl. August. 



2. On the isthmus of Tramore, in the sand; Srmtk's 

 " Waterfard." On the sand-hills at Tramore, Waterfcwd 

 (Miss Grubb) I. G. — 4. Abundant on the shore near the town 

 of Wexford [in the barony of Forth] (Messrs. MacGregor 

 and Walker) ; Mackay Addif, 



[ConvaUarict majeiis (Linn.) In a wood at Chaffpool, near 

 Ballymoate (Sligo), scarcely indigenous ; Fhr. Hib. In the 

 Island of Inisfalen, in Lough Lane, Killamey, and in the 

 woods round that lake; Smith's "Kerry." This grows in 

 Castle Bernard Park, near the river Bandon; Smith's "Cork." 



