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— Benone, Magilligan {Mrs. Leebody): S.SfP. i8gs- Frequent 

 in Do-wii and Antrim, by tlie coast : Flor. N.-U, 



Sea-level to 900 feet in Dublin (iV. C). 



Abundant on many parts of tbe south and east coasts. Casual 

 in the West and North- West. 



Vmr. HOEEIDA Lange — II. Bunmahon and Knockmahon, "Water- 

 ford coast : Hart 1883 /3. — V. Banks near St. Fintans, Howth, Co. 

 Dublin, 1894; N.C. 



TEIGONELLA Linn. 



1. T. ornithopodioides DC. — Birds-foot Trefoil. 



T. purpurascens Lamk. — Trifolium ornithopodioides Linn. 



Districts IV. Y. [XII.]. 



Lat. 53°-53|-°. East coast only. Type, English. 



Lowland. Banks and sandy or gravelly pastures near the sea ; 

 very rare. Fl. June-July. 



rV. On the gravelly beach by the Murrough of "Wicklow : Flor. 

 Sib. 18^6 — still there, 1896; R.W. 8. Eosslare; about half way 

 from Greenore Point to Churchtown; near Lady's Island Lake, 

 Wexford : Marshall i8g8.—V. Near the North Wall : Wade Buhl. 

 Found on the south-east side of Eilliney Hill and near Bullock, 

 -June 1806 : Mack. Ra/r. Abundant at Killiney HiU and Bullock : 

 Mack, Gat. 1825 — ^not recently found in either station. On the 

 summit of Clogher Head, Louth : Ball z8jg. Near the Lighthouse 

 at Howth {Moore) : Cyi.— still there in 1885 ; R. W. 8. Abundant 

 ■on an old grassy road leading from the Lighthouse road, Howth: 

 Sa/rt iSq'j. — [XII. On a gravelly bank sloping to the sea at the 

 northern end of Hollywood Warren, 1799 : Templeton M8. — ^not 

 found there now : Flor. N.-F.'] 



MEDICAGO Linn. 

 1. M. lupulina Linn. — Blach Mediclc. 



Distaicts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XL XII. 



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



Pastures, roadsides, and waste places; rather common. Jbl. 

 May-August. 



Abundant in the South and East; rare towards the West and 

 North-West. 



From seaJevel to 850 ft. in Dublin {N. C). 



