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COMPOSIT.E 



[Artemisia 



Artemisia vulgaris L. Mugwort. 

 Divisions all. Frequent. 



Artemisia maritima L. 



Census 7— East 3, Centre 1, West 3. 



8 Linu'ck. Shore above Poynes abundant '85-6 — Stewart S6j. 



9 Clare Killydysert, Canon Island, Grleninagb, '79; — Covry 2^0. 



15 Galw. SE. ParkmoretoKinvan-a, c, '99 — P. CaiTanroe — Cyb. 11. 



16 Galw. W. Bama '00— Mrs. Joyce ! 



21 Dublin Porti'ane '00 : very rare — Colgan. 



22 Meatb Ey Boyne below Mornington '96 — P. 



31 Loutb BelowDundalk'96— P. ClogherHead, Butler— 6'?/5. II. 



The stations of this plant divide themselves into three well-marked 

 groups : (1) the Shannon estuary ; (2) Galway Bay ; (3) the east coast 

 fi'om Killiney to Dundalk. 



Tussilago Farfara L. Coltsfoot. 

 Divisions all. Common. 



*Petasites fragrans Presl. Winter Heliotrope. 



Census 34— East 14, Centre 11, West 9. 



Divisions all, except 2 Kerry N., 16 Galway TV., 17 Galicay N£., 



33 Fermanagh, 37 Armagh, IfO Berry. Au escape fi'om shi'ubberies, 



rapidly spreading. Though so widely distributed, it is local or rare 



in most divisions. 



Petasites officinalis Mot-nch. Butterbui\ 

 Divisions all. Irregularly distributed. One station only for 

 divisions 15, 16, 36. Frequent, though often local, elsewhere, 

 and apparently common only in King's County and Antrim. 



Senecio vulgaris L. Grroundscl. 

 Divisions all. Abundant. 



Senecio sylvaticus L. 

 Divisions all, except 23 Westmeath, 32 Monaghan. Strongly calci- 

 fuge, and in the- Central Plain chiefly on dry bog-banks. jS^ot a 

 common species in any of the divisions. 



