go LEGUMINOS^. C^^*- 



2. IT. Gallii nmoh.—Di^arfFur%e. 



Districts I II. HI. IV. V. VI. VII.. VIIL - X. XL XII. 



Lat. 5U°-56i°. Tkrougliout Ireland, almost. 2Vi»«, Englisli. 



Dry teaths and hilly places; frequent and locaUy abundant. 

 J7. Augustr-October.. CalcifugeA. 



Sea W in I^. Autrim and S. Cork. To 1600 ft. m Down; 

 to 2150 ft. in Wicklow, and to 2200 ft. in Kerry {Sa^t). Eangee 

 mucli Hgher in Ireland tban in Great Britain, wbere it reaches its 

 maximum elevation at 750 ft. in the Lakes District. 



A rare plant in many parts of West Ireland, and usuaUy more 

 frequent near the coast than inland. 



CTTISUS Linn. 



1. C. seoparius Link — Broom. 



Earathamnus seoparius Koch — & vulgaris Wimm. 



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



Lat. 6H°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. rj(p«, British. 



Heaths and hilly places; frequent. Fl. May-June. Calci- 

 fugeA. 



Sea level in Derry and S. Cork. To 700 ft. in Donegal {Hart) ; 

 to 1050 ft. in Dublin {N. C.) ; to 1200 ft. in Queen's Co. {Sort). 



A widespread species, but seldom abundant. 



Var. PEOSTEAiTJS BaMy — ^V. Edge of sea-cliffs on Ireland's Eye 

 and at Kilrock and Drumleok, Howth : Flor. Howth. This is 

 probably the plant recorded as Genista tinetoria ia Flor. Sib. 



ONONIS Linn. 

 1. 0. repens Linn. — Rest Sorrow. 



Districts I. II.. III. rV. V. [VI.] [VII.] — [IX.] — [XI.] XH. 

 Lat. 51^°-55i°. South to North. Type, British. 



Sandhills, gravelly places, dry banks,, and borders of fields, 

 chiefly near the sea ; locally abundant. Fl. June- August. 



I. Very rare and probably introduced in Kerry ; R. W. 8. — 

 [VI. Sparingly at BaUyvaughan, Clare, 1895 ; iV. C— VII. Only 

 once seen round Lough Eee, at Lady well, Westmeath : B. ^ V. 

 i88'/.^-TK. A few plants at Lisloughrey, Cong, Co. Mayo ; Miss 

 M. F. Jackson. — XL Between Eahan and Buncrana ( W. F. Sart) ; 

 very rare in Donegal : Sarti886.'\ — XII. Only one station in Deny 



