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Sea-level in N. Antrim and S. Cork. To 1600 ft. in Donegal, 

 to 2450 ft. in Mayo {Eart) ; to 3000 ft. in Wicklow (iV. G.) ; to 

 3100 ft. in Kerry {Hwrf). 



Far. HOLOsiEoiBES {Fries) — XII. Abundant in meadows on the 

 south side of the Bann, below the railway bridge at Coleraine {Mrs. 

 Zeebody): S.^F. i8gs. 



Far. PENiiLNDEiTM Syme — II. Cork Beg Island, Cork Harbour, 

 1896; Phillips. 



5. 0. arvense Linn. — La/rge-flowered Mouse-ear, 



Districts I. II. — — V. YI. — VIII. — XII. 



Lat. 52°-54i°. South to North. Type, British-English. 



Lowland. Sandy banks and on rocks, chiefly near the sea; 

 rare, but locally abundant. Fl. May-July. Caloieole C. 



I. On the Blasket Islands, Kerry ( W. Andrews) : Cyh. — still 

 there : Barrington i88i. — II. By the shore at Ballyvodock, Midle- 

 ton, Cork : Flor. Cork — not seen recently in Co. Cork. — Y. Abun- 

 dantly in sandy fields and by roadsides between Clontarf and Howth : 

 Wade Bull. Abundant at Howth , and on Ireland's Eye : Flor. 

 Howth. -On Feltrim HiU and at Donabate {More); and plentiful 

 on north side of Lambay Island {Barrington) : Rec. Add. Abun- 

 dant along the Dublin coast from Sutton to Skerries, 1896; IT. C. 

 ITear the lighthouse at the mouth of the Boyne; Ba/rrington, — 

 YI. Aranmore Island {W. Andrews) : Jowrn. of Bot. 1843. On aU 

 three islands of Aran : Sort. 18'/^, Erequent in the Buiren 

 district of Clare: Foot 1862. PoulsaUagh, Clare, 1892; Levinge. 

 South shores of Gralway Bay {More) : Cyh. — YIII, To the west of 

 Galway, near the shore {Prof. Melville) : Cyh. Sparingly by the shore 

 at Inveran, lar Connaught, 1897 ; Rev. W. Colgam. — ^XII. Plentiful 

 on a sandy bank in Massareene Park {B.' Redmond) : Flor. JV.-F. 



The Blasket Islands plant is the glabrous variety Andeewsii 

 Syme, which is frequent also in the Aran Islands, but seems hardly 

 worthy of distinction. 



STELLAEIA Linn. 

 1. S. media Yill.- 



mbernici piioS {FUh). 



Districts I. II. III. lY. Y. YI. YII. YIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51i°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Waste places, cultivated ground, &c. ; very common. Fl. 

 Throughout the year, with open winters. 



