Silybum] 



COMPOSITE 



185 



Cnicus pratensis "Willd. 



Divisions all, but not seen recently in Dublin or Wicklow, A 

 local plant. Rare in 13 Carlow, 22 Meath, 31 Louth, 37 Armagh, 

 38 Down, 40 Derry. Abundant in 16 Galway West, 27 Mayo West, 

 33 Fermanagh, 34-35 Donegal. In the other divisions it may be 

 classed as frequent, or as locally abundant. 



Cnicus arvensis Hoffm. Creeping Thistle. 

 Divisions all. Common. 



^Silybum Marianum Gaertn. Milk Thistle. 



Census 23— East 13, Centre 5, West 5. 



Castlegregory '94 : very rare and local — Scully. 



Eahaneen '92 : rather rare and local — Scully. 



Glandore (Miss Hungerford)— Allin Fl. '83. Rare. 



Carrigaline (Scully): rare— Phillips. 



Mallow (Chandlee)— Allin Fl '83. Rare— Phillips. 



Waterford, Carroll— Cijh. I. 



l^ear Tipperary, Scully — C^h. II. 



Askeaton ! '00— R. D. O'Brien. 



Muckinish '95 — Colgan. Inishmore (Hart) — 614. 



Dromineer '96, Colgan — Cpb. II. 



Lacken Hill, S. Madden — Cz/h. 1. 



Chapel railway station — B. & M. '92 102. 



Rock of Dunamase, T. Chandlee — C>/b. I. 



Beach near Galway, Melville — Ct/b. I. 



JS'ear BalLitore, J. Morrison — Cyb. I. 



Coast near Wicklow — Guide '78. 



Near Donabate '00 : rare — Colgan. 



Roadside near Castlebellingham '90 — Butler iS^. 



By Lough Neagh '96 — Miss Knowles. 



Maghery '80 (W. P. Johnson!) : very rare — P. 70/. 



Crawfordsburn '85 — P. JSTear Newtownards — Fl. JJld. 



Whitepark Bay '95— P. Frequent- i^/. NE. 



MagiUigan '95 — P. Very rare. 



A plant of uncertain appearance, long established in sandy or waste 

 gi-ound in some of its stations, but always an escape from cultivation, 

 and hardly deserving a place in the flora. 



1 



Kerry S. 



2 



Kerry IST. 



3 



Cork W. 



4 



Cork Mid 



5 



Cork E. 



6 



Waterfd. 



7 



Tipp. S. 



8 



Limrck. 



9 



Clare 



10 



Tipp. N. 



11 



Kilkny. 



12 



Wexford 



14 Queen's 



16 



Galw. W. 



19 



Kildare 



20 



Wicklow 



21 



DubHn 



31 



Louth 



36 



Tyrone 



37 



Armagh 



38 



Down 



39 



Antrim 



40 



L'derry 



