Sagina.] CAETOPHTLLE^. 59 



I. Plentiful on Brandon mountain, Kerry {Moore) : Cyh. At 

 GlengarifE and Bantry ( CmrrolT) : Allin^s Corlc. Above Glen Lough 

 near Adrigole : Hart 188$ 8. On Doum mountain near Sneem, 

 1 877 ; Cwrroll. On Hungry HiU, in both Cork and Kerry ; R. W. S. 

 Knookaphuca near Goleen, S. Cork, 1896; Phillips.— Yl. Cliffs of 

 Moher, Clare (Carroll): Cyl. — and in 1892; levinge. — VIII. On 

 Lettery mountain, Connemara: Wade Oallovid. Benchoona, Gal- 

 way : Sart i88j a. Near Eoundstone : Oliver 1851. South side 

 of Inishbofin : More iSyb. Top of Urrisbeg ; More. — ^XI. Dunaff 

 Head {Hart) : Reo. Add. South-east shore of Lough Eske ; Glen 

 Head ; Mucross Point ; and sea cliffs about Slieve League : Hart 

 188 J y. — ^XII. On the side of Muck Island, Antrim, next the sea, 

 1804: Templeton MS. Between Portstewart and Portrush, 1835: 

 Moore MS. Fair Head and Eathlia Island {Moore) : Cyl. In 

 many places round the north and west of Eathlin : Stewart 188^. 



Sea-level in Eathlin Island. To 600 ft. in Donegal and to 

 1970 ft. in Galway {Hart) ; to 2100 ft. in Kerry {R. W. S.). 



4. S. nodosa Fenzl. — Knotted Spwrrey. 



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



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



Moist, sandy places and in marshes ; frequent. Fl. July-Aug. 



Sea-level in N. Antrim and S. Cork. To 1000 ft. in DubUn 

 {N.C.). 



SPEEGULA Linn. 



1. S. arvensis Linn. — Corn 

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



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



Cultivated ground in sandy or peaty soil ; common. Wl. May- 

 August. Caleifuge B. 



The Irish plant is usually S. sativa (Boenn.), but the papillose 

 variety, S. vulgaris (Boenn.), also occurs, as in counties Dublin and 

 Kerry {Bruce i8gi), and in Cork {Phillips). 



Sea-level to 1250 ft. in Dublin (iV. C). 



8PEEGULAEIA Presl. 

 1. S. rubra Presl — Purple Sand-wort. 

 Arena/ria rubra a. Linn. — Lepigonum rubrum "Wahlb. 



Districts I. IL III. IV. X. — XII. 



Lowland. Sandy and gravelly places ; rare. Fl. June-^July. 



