50 CAETOPHTLLE^. [Lyohnu^ 



LYCHNIS Linn. 



1. JL. vespertina Sibth. — White Camypion. 



L. alia Mill. — L. dioica yS. Lirm. — Melandrium prafense EoeH. 

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

 Lat. 51^°-55i°. SoTitli and East, chiefly. Ti/pe, Britisli. 



Lo'srland. Cultivated ground and waste places; local. M^ 

 June-August. 



I. Castlelough Bay, KiUarney, and sandy field -west of Castle- 

 gregory ; very rare in Kerry : H. W. S. i88g Sf i8gi. Wear Baltimore- 

 and Skibbereen, Cork, 1896; FMllips. — II. At Koxboro', Midleton;. 

 near Blarney; near the mouth of the Einnisk river, Toughal, &c., 

 rather rare in Co. Cork : Allin's Cork. — ^III. Brown's HiU, Carlow 

 {R. Clayton Browne) : Reo. AM. Near Mountmellick and by the- 

 Barrow at KilmaToney below Athy: Sajrt 1885. — ^IV. About 

 Eethard and Came, Wexford: B.-S.^G. i8go.—Y. Plentiful in 

 sandy fields round "Warren House on .the road to Howth and every- 

 where about Baldoyle : TVade Buhl. ijg^. Abundant in sandy" 

 fields along the coasts of Co. DubHa from Baldoyle to Skerries,. 

 1895; 2^. C. — ^VII. By the Barrow above Monasterevan : Sort 

 188$. — ^VIII. Ashford, Cong, a casual; Miss M. F. Jackson. — 

 IX. Tew Point and Hudson's Bay, Lough Eee, Eoscommon: 

 B. Sc V. 188'/. — X. Waste ground near Coalisland, Tyrone {Miss- 

 M. C. Enowles) : Ir. Nat. i8gy. — XL Near Lough-an-Ure {Hart) : 

 Reo. Add. Kinnalough, Horn Head : Hart iSjg. Eintragh Bay and 

 between Ballyshannon and Bundoran : Hart 1885 y. — XII. Holly- 

 wood : Flor. TJlst. Eoadsides and fields near Templepatrick and 

 railway banks near Lame ( Corry) ; Glendarragh, Antrim {B^ 

 Redmond) ; Castledawson, Derry {Stewart) : Flor. If.-F. 



2. I. diurna Sibth. — Red Campion. 



L. dioioa a. Linn. — Melandrium silvestre Eoehl. 



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



Lat. 5H°-55i°'. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Hedges and woods ; freq[uent and locally abundant. Fl. May- 

 June. 



I. About Muoki'oss and KiUamey and at Kerry Head in several 

 places ; very local in Kerry : R. W. 8. i88g. "Woods at Castle- 

 freke and Myros : Allin's Cork. Plentiful on Cape Clear Island, 

 1896; at Castle Bemard, Bandon, 1897; Phillips. — II. Abundant 

 in the woods, Carrigacunna Castle, KillavuUen, rather rai-e in 



