PiiAEGER — On Types of Bidrihution in the Irkh Flora. 31 



Scandix Pecten-Veneiis, 

 Asperula odorata, 

 Valeriana Mikanii, 

 Scabiosa arvensis, 

 Solidago Virgaurea, 

 Eidens cernua, 

 Achillsea Ptarmica, 

 Senecio sylvaticus, 

 Arctium miuus, 

 Crepis paludosa, 

 Hieracium murorum, 



umbellatum, 

 Erica cinerea, 

 Hypopithys multiflora, 

 Lysimachia nemorum, 

 Samolus Valerandi, 

 Myosolis versicolor, 

 Lithospermum officinale, 

 Convolvulus arvensis, 

 Veronica hedersefolia, 



agrestis, 



polita, 



montana, 



Anagallis, 



scuteUata, 

 Melanipyruni pratense, 

 Utricularia vulgaris, 



minor, 

 Mentha sativa, 

 Lycopus europseus, 

 Scutellaria galericulata, 

 Stachys Betonica, 

 Lamium hybridum, 

 Teucrium Scorodonia, 

 Polygonum lapathifolium. 



Irish 

 Census 



"Watsoniaii 

 type, 



Name. 



Irish 



Watsonia 

 type. 



32 



BE 



Polygonum maculatum, 



4 







39 



B 



SaHx alba. 



38 



BE 



13 



— 



Empetrum nigrum. 



31 



sn 



29 



B 



Ceratophyllum demersum. 



10 



EB 



38 



B 



Neottia Nidus-avis, 



23 



BE 



39 



EB 



Cephalanthera ensifolia. 



12 



E 



37 



B 



Epipactis latifolia, 



30 



BE 



38 



B 



Orchis latifolia. 



10 



a 



29 



B 



Allium ursinum. 



37 



BE 



37 



SH 



Juncus glaucus. 



39 



EB 



11 



B 



Sparganium simples. 



36 



BE 



17 



E 



affinis. 



20 



BS 



39 



B 



Butomus umbellatus. 



16 



E 



7 



GE 



Potamogetonheterophyllus 



,30 



BE 



39 



B 



nitens. 



19 



S 



39 



EB 



lucens, 



28 



EB 



39 



B 



perfoliatus. 



37 



BE 



30 



BE 



obtusifolius. 



20 



EB 



36 



EB 



Eleocharis acicularis. 



23 



EB 



36 



B 



Scirpus sylvaticus. 



16 



BE 



39 



B 



Eriophorum vaginatum , 



39 



BS 



36 



BE 



latifolium. 



10 



BE 



36 



BE 



Carex sylvatica, 



39 



BE 



39 



B 



. vesicaria, 



37 



BE 



39 



B 



Phleum pratense, 



33 



BE 



39 



B 



Glyceria plicata, 



21 



EB 



37 



B 



Bromus giganteus, 



39 



BE 



39 



B 



asper. 



39 



BE 



35 



BE 



Lolium temulentum. 



30 



BE 



37 



BE 



Nardus stricta. 



39 



BE 



33 



B 



Poly podium Dryopteris, 



5 



S 



11 



EB 



Botrychium Lunaria, 



36 



BS 



21 



B 



Equisetum maximum. 



37 



EB 



39 



B 



Lyemale, 



16 



SB 



33 



BE 









If we analyse this list, making in the case of composite type plants 

 a certain allowance in each of the types concerned, we find that the 

 plants are 70 per cent. British type, 24 per cent. English, 5 per cent. 

 Scottish, and less than 1 per cent, each Atlantic, Germanic and High- 

 land. This result calls for no remark. 



Under the general type also we can best place oiu- common 

 maritime plants (see p. 39) — species which are of general occurrence 

 where saline conditions prevail, such as Cochlearia officinalis, Arenaria 

 peploides, Eryngium maritimum, 8alicornia lierlacea, Triglocliin mariti- 

 mum, Glyceria niaritima, Asplenium marinum. These are about forty 



