82 LEGUMINOS^. 



2. * M. maculata SiUh.— Spotted Medick. 



M. arabioa All. 



Districts [I.] II. — IV. [V.] — [VII.] 



Lat. 51f°-52J°- SoTitli of Ireland. Type, EngUsli. 



Lowland. Cultivated land and waste places ; very rare. Fl.. 

 May-July. 



[I. Occasionally seen in cultivated land, as on the Model Farm,. 

 Cork, no doubt introduced (Pro/. ^.JfMriJ%): Cyh.y-ll. South side 

 of Little Island hy the-shore, 1840 {B. Mwray) : Mor. Cork. Still 

 at Little Island and plentiful in several places on the banks of the 

 river near Eastferry : Phillips z8gS- At Toughal ; R. P. Vowell— 

 and abundant there in 1896; JR.JF. S.—IY. Plentiful by thfr 

 Blackwater, Wexford, 1896; Miss M. J)'Arcy. — [Y. Between 

 Dolphin's Bam and Crumlin, Dublin (Mr. Johnston): Cyb.— not 

 seen recently in Co. Dublin ; iV. C— VII. By Lough Eee, a casual 

 only: B.Sr^- iS8y.] 



MELIL0TU8 Linn. 



1. J M. ofB.cliialis Lamk. — Common Melilot. 



Districts — II. III. [IV.] V. [VI.] [X.] — [XII.3 



Lat. 52°-53f°. South and East. Type, EngHsh. 



Lowland. "Waste places, banks, along railways, and field 

 borders, chiefly near the sea ; locally abundant. Fl. July-Augusts 



II. In Little Island (Drummond) : Cyl. — not observed here 

 recently. A few plants in a pasture field at Ballinacurra, ISTO- 

 (Pev. T. Allin) : Eec. Add. Several plants in a field at Knocka- 

 doon, near Toughal : AUin's Cork. At Tivoli, near Cork, on waste 

 ground ; Little Island ; Queenstown Junction, and Midleton ; 

 Phillips. — III. By the Kilkemiy railway which passes through 

 brackish marshes near."W"aterford, plentiful {T. Chandlee) : Carroll 

 185'/. Banks near the railway station at Eerrybank, Kilkenny : 

 M.SfS.iSgdl — [IV. Eoadside near Enniscorthy {Miss E. M.. 

 Farmer) : Pee. Add. Kiltrea and Aughnaclappa, "Wexford, in 



clover and cultivated land, not established: B.S.ScM. i8g2.'\ 



V. " In some Closes (which by the Eidges appear to have been 

 plowed) beyond Coulack, copiously " : Threlkeld lysy. Sandy and 

 bushy banks at Killiney Bay; plentifully about Mayne Bridge, 

 Baldoyle, and in fields round the quarry near Finglas Bridge r 

 Wade Duhl. I'jq^.. Plentiful along the railway embankment north 



