Nymphm.] NYMPH^ACE^. 13 



JSTYMPH-SIA Linn. 



1. BT. alba Linn. — White Water-IAly. 



Sibernid tDuilleogui&e baicige {Dhill-yo-gee vww-itch-ee). 



Browned leaves. 

 Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. YII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 

 Lat. 51J°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. I^pe, British. 



Lakes, ditches, and slow streams ; frequent. M. June-July. 



Sea-level iu Deny and S. Cork. To 1000 ft. ia Donegal (Mart). 



Eare in many parts of East Ireland. Though both -water-lilies 

 occur in all the districts, they are rarely found gromng together in 

 ahundanoe, Nymphcea apparently preferring a peaty bottom, 



OEDEE III.— PAPAVERACE-a:. 



PAPAVEE Lion. 



1. *P. somniferum Linn. Opium Poppy. 



Districts I. II. — — V. VI. — — — — XI. XII. 



Waste places and sandy fields near the coast; frequent, but 

 seldom thoroughly established. Fl. July-August. 



I. Eield at Derrynane and waste ground at KillorgHn and 

 Ardfert, Kerry : R. W. 8. i88q. Cultivated ground at Kilkem, 

 near Eosscarbery, 1891 and — II. Eastferry, Cork, 1893; Phillips. 

 — V. In Barrens, near "Warren House, Hovth : Wade Buhl. I'jg^. 

 Waste places and cornfields about Warren House and between 

 Baldoyle and Sutton : Flor. Sowth i88'j. Established on sandhills 

 north and south of the Boyne mouth: Prmger i8g'j. — VI. Not 

 infrequent in cultivated fields about the Shannon estuary : Stewart 

 i8go. — ^XI, Eields about Bundoran, apparently established : Sort 

 1885 y. — ^XII. Abundant in a field near Eostrevor : S.SfP. i8gs. 



Perhaps entitled to a place in the D-ish flora only on account of 

 its persistence for a century in the Howth locality. 



2. P. Rhceas Lion. — Corn Poppy. 

 Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. — X. — XII. 



Lat. 51i°-65i°. South and East chiefly. Type, English-British. 



Cornfields and waste places; locally abundant. Fl. June- 

 August. Common in the east ; rare in the west and north, but 

 rapidly spreading. 



Sea-level to 900 ft. in Dublin (if.C). 



