66 MALVACE^. IZavatera 



the Little Skellig Eock, eight miles from the Kerry mainland 

 {Jiev. A. Bela/p): Ir. Nat. iSgs- Widespread in Kerry, but 

 usually near cottages ; E. W. S. Summit of the Bull Eock, Co. 

 Cork; Bwrrington. Eocks at Summercove, Kinsale, 1894, and at 

 Baltimore, 1896; Phillips.— TL. Cable .Island, Toughal: Smith's. 

 Corh. l^ear Toughal and Midleton : Ainu's Cork. Abundant 

 along the coast from Power Head to Eochespoint, 1895, and on rocks, 

 at Haulbowline, 1896 ; Phillips. "West of ITewtown Head, "Water- 

 ford, looking wild along the cUffs : Hm-t 1883 /3. — IV. Eaven 

 Point; Eoselare Point; and Kilmichael Point, "Wexford, probably 

 introduced : ITart z88j p. Eocks at Duncannon Fort, "Wexford : 

 B.S. ^ O. i88g. Steep rocks at south end of Bray Head : Praeger 

 i8g'j. — V. On Ireland's Eye, opposite Howth : Wade'Rwr. 1804 — 

 and in 1897 ; Praeger. On almost inaccessible cliffs east of Howth : 

 Flor. Mowth. KiUiney HiU ( Ca/rroll) : (7yJ.— andin 1893 ; N. C— 

 VI. On cKfEs on the South Isles of Aran: Mack. Cat. In several 

 places along the southern cliffs of Aranmore Island and on the 

 Eock Island, the most -western of the group : Ban-t iS'j^. Cliffs at 

 Spanish Point, Clare ( C. Carter) : Phytol. 184b, p. ^iif. Near 

 Black Head, Clare ; Levinge. — VIII. Abundantly on Gralway Bay : 

 Wade Gallovid. On old walls near the harbour of Galway : Maek.. 

 Cat. — XII. On the shore at Ballantoy, and grows also in the Sheep 

 Island, about half a mile from the Ballantoy shore, Sept. 1797 : 

 Brown MS. Still on Sheep Island {Pev. S. A. Brenan) : S.SfP. 

 i8q£. Carrick-a-Eaid near BaUintoy, 1800 : Templeton MS. On 

 a high rock at the west end of Eathlin Island {Miss Gage) : Flor. 

 Hist. Summit of Stackaniskan, an isolated sea-stack at west end of 

 Eathlin Island {Praeger) : Ir. Nat. 18 q^. 



There seems to be no reason to doubt that this plant is indi- 

 genous in many of its stations, though frequently cultivated in 

 cottage gardens round the coast, the cultivated plants being prob- 

 ably derived in many instances from native stations where it has 

 become extinct. A Mediterranean species, spreading northwards^ 

 along the west coasts of Europe. 



MALVA Linn. 



1. fM. moschata Linn. — Mush Mallow. 



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



Lat. 51^°-54|°. South to Forth. Type, English-British. 



Lowland. Dry banks, waysides, and borders of fields ; rare. 

 Fl. July-August. 



