Linum.] LINE^. 69 



XIJSrUM Linn. 



1. L. cathaxticum Linn. — Pwrging Flm. 

 Hibernici TTlfopaC {MeeshacTc). 

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



Lat. 51i-°-56J°. ThTougtout Ireland. Type, Britisli. 



Pastures and heaths ; common. Fl. June-September. 



Sea-leyel in IS". Antrim and S. Cork. To 1450 ft. in Derry and 

 to 1500 ft. in Tipperary {Hart). 



2. L. angustifolium Huds. — Pale-flowered Flax. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. — — — — — — 



Lat. 51^°-53f°- Southern half of Ireland. %?^, Atlantic-English. 



Lowland. Gravelly places and dry pastures, chiefly near the 

 sea; rare. Fl. June-August. 



I. Near EiUorglin and Eossbehy, ICerry ; R. W. 8. Near 

 Einsale {Carroll) : Cyl. Near Timoleague ; BaUinadee ; OooTmain ; 

 and Kinsale : Allm's Cork. Innisearra ; Berehaven; and Crosshaven ; 

 Fhilltps. — II. Not rare near Youghal {Eevi. T. Allin) : Ree. AM. 

 Eochespoint ; East JFerry ; Whitegate ; Little Island, &c. ; Phillip's. 

 Monatrea clifEs opposite Youghal, Co. "Waterford; Miss M. 

 Ckearnley. Ballyeman tod Ardmore Head, coast of "Waterford: 

 Ha/rt 1883 p. Near Powerstown, Co. Tipperary {Miss S. Crrubl) : 

 Cyh. — III. Near Kilkenny ( W. Archer) : Rec. Add. Between 

 Newtown Lane, Co. Kilkenny, and Borris, 1892 ; Rev. T. Sa/rtley. — 

 rV. Bannow [Ba/rrington) ; Bloomfield and near Daphne [Miss F. M. 

 Farmer) : Rec. Add. Near Kibnanock ; Arthurstown, &;c., "Wexford : 

 B.-H. Sf G. i88g. Between Curracloa and Blackwater Head, on 

 high marl banks above the sea : Ha/rt 1881 a. Between Eosslare 

 and Greenore coast of Wexford : Sa/rt 1883 j8. Sonth side of Bray 

 Head ; iV. C. — V. On Knockmaroon Hill and steep banks between 

 Clontarf and Howth {John White) : Wade Ra/r. In fields between 

 KiUiney and Bray : Mack. Cat. 1825. By the railway at the foot 

 of Killiney Hill, 1894 ; N. C. Below the Needles and Glenaveena 

 and on banks above the sea at the Cliffs : Flor. Sowth. A little 

 north of Gormanstown, Co. Meath {More) : Rec. Add. — ^VI. Meadow 

 between "Woodford and Lough Derg {M. Doted) : Rec. Add. 



This is probably the species recorded by Threlkeld (1727) under 

 a synonym for L. perenne as found "upon the Lands of Simond's 

 Court." 



