Spergularia]. CAETOPHYLLE^. 61 



To 600 ft. in Donegal and to 700 ft. in "West Ireland {EaH). 

 In Keriy this species grows profusely on old castles and towers 

 by the coast ; R. W. 8. 



OEDEE XI.— PORTULACE.a:. 



MOITTIA JAim.— Water Blinks. 

 1. M. fontana Linn. 



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



Lat. 51i^°-56i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Watery places and on wet ground ; rather common, Fl. May- 

 August. Cahifuge A. 



Sea-level in N. Deny and in Kerry. To 2050 ft. in Donegal 

 {Swrt); to 2460 ft. in Down {S. ^P.)\ to 2860 ft. in Tipperary 

 {Mart). 



Both forms, M. minor (Gfrnel.) and M. rvoularis (Grmel.), occur, 

 but the latter appears to be much the rarer. 



OEDEE XII.— ELATINE.aE. 



ELATIISIE Linn. 



1. E. hexandra DC. — Sexand/rom Water-wort. 



Districts I. VI. — VIII. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51^°-65i°- West and North Ireland. Type, English. 



Margins of lakes and in ditches; lare. Fl. July-September. 

 Calcifuge A. 



I. Lough Caragh, Kerry ( W. And/rews) : Reo. Add. — and in 

 1889; R.W.S. Lough Gouragh, Hag's Glen, MagiUicuddy's 

 Eeeks; Hart 1882. Clonee Lakes; KiUamey Lakes; Lough 

 Currane, &c., 1889; in most of the lakes in the mountain parts of 

 Kerry : R. W. 8. i8go. By the Bandon river and in Moragh Lakes 

 ( C. LongfielS) ; pools near Elcrohane, Durrus ; in Keemore Lake, 

 -Leap and in Drinagh Lake ; abundant in Clounties lake, Glandore : 

 AUin^s Cork. Lough AUua; Gougane Barra, 1897; Phillips. 

 — VI. Between Miltown-Malbay and Kih-ush (0. Ca/rter) and 

 abundant in pools in Dunbeg Bog, Clare {Moore) : Cyh. — VIII. In 

 several lakes in Inishbofln : More i8'/6. Craigdhu Lough, Eound- 

 stone; Praeger i8g'j. — ^XI. In Lough Erigh, between Doochary 



