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4. H. tetrapterum Fries — Square-stalked St. John's-wort. 



-2". quadratum Stokes — S'. quadranffuhim Smith. 



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



lat. 51^°-55i. Throughout Ireland. Type, British-EngKsh. 



In wet and marshy places ; common. Fl. July- September. 



Sea-level in N. Deny and S. Cork. To 800 ft. in DublLa (iV. C). 



5. H. humifusum Linn. — Trailing St. John's-wort. 



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



lat. 51^°-55J°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British-BngUsh. 



Heaths and dry banks ; frequent. Fl. July- Aug. Caleifuge B. 



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

 {Flor. N.-E.) ; to 1100 ft. in Dublin {N. C). 



6. H. pulehrum Linn. — Upright St. John's-wort. 



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



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



Heaths and dry banks ; frequent. Fl. June-July. Caleifuge B. 



Sea-level in Deny and S. Cork. To 1600 ft. in Deny (Cyi.) ; 

 to 2000 ft. in Mayo and to 2440 ft. in Kerry {Hwrt). 



7. H. hirsutum liam.—Sairy St. John's-wort. 



Districts — — — — V. — — XII. 



Lat. 53i°-54f°. Dublin and Antrim. Type, British-EngHsh. 



Lowland. "Woods and thickets ; very rare. Fl. July-August. 



V. About Leixlip waterfall, 1799 : Templeton MS. Woods at 

 Woodlands : Mack. Cat. 1825. At the Salmon Leap, Leixlip, and 

 on Knockmaroon hills, 1896; abundant ia Woodlands, 1895; N. C. 

 Hedges near Drimnagh, Co. Dublin: N. C. iSg^.—Xll. ''Pound 

 at Macedon Point . . . two or three years ago by Mi-. E. Tennant. 

 I had looked for it in vain until 1809 when I found it in flower " : 

 Templeton MS. Gathered near this locality in 1893 ; E. Hanna. 



First found in Ireland, by Templeton, near Leixlip, in 1799. 



8. H. elodes Linn. — Maa-sh St. John's-wort. 

 Flodes paVustris Spach. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. — VIII. IX. — XI Xn 

 Lat. 51^°-56i°. From South to North. Type, Atlantic-English. " 

 Wet bogs and bog ditches ; fi-equent and locaUy abundant. Fl 

 July-August. Caleifuge A. 



