Ornithopus.] LEGUMI]!T08-S:. 91 



I. Oa rooks by the sea at Goleen near Crookhaven, 1896-97 • 

 Phillips. — IV. Sandy soil about Ballyconigar, Wexford: Carroll 

 1854. — V. Bare sandy pasture fields on tbe south side of the Hill 

 of Howth : Mack. Rwr. Sutton side of the Hill of Howth in great 

 quantity : Flor. Sil. Dry banks at Carrickbrack and between the 

 Light House and Glenaveena, Howth : Flor. Howth. 



First recorded by Mackay in 1806. 



VICIA Linn. 

 1. fV. hirsuta Koch — Havry Tare. 

 M-vum hirsutum Linn. 



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

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

 English. • 

 Lowland. Cultivated fields, dry banks, and bushy places ; 

 frequent. Fl. June-August. 



2. J V. tetrasperma Moench — Smooth Tare. 

 V. gemella Crantz — Frvum tetraspermum Linn. 

 Districts I. II. — — V. — VII. — — _ _ XII. 

 Lat. 51|-°-53i°- Middle and South. Type, English-British. 



Lowland. Fields and bushy places; very rare. i^/. June- August. 



I. At Blackrook and Passage, Cork ( Carroll) : Cyh. Lower 

 Cove road, Einsale, and potato field at the Old fort, Kinsale : AllirHs 

 Cork. — II. By the shore at Little Island {B. Murray) : Flor. Cork. — 

 V. Knockmaroon Hill {Mr. Johnston) : Cyh. — still there in some 

 quantity in. bushy places, 1895, and by the railway near Skerries, 

 1894 ; iV. C. Ann's Brook, near Drogheda, Meath : Murphy 

 i82g. — VII. In a cornfield near Mullingar {F. J. Foot) : Cyl. 

 At Knock Drin, rare : Levinge 7^9^.— XII. Cornfields at Giant's 

 Eing and by the Lagan cnnal below Shaw's Bridge ( C. Dickson), 

 introduced : Flor. N.-E. 



But for its long presistence in a wild habitat at Knockmaroon this 

 species would seem hardly deserving of a place in the Irish Flora. 



3. V. Cracca Linn. — Tufted Vetch. 

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



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



Bushes, fields, and waste places ; common. Fl. June-August. 



Sea-level in IN". Antrim and S. Cork. To 1000 ft. in Dublin 

 {N. C.) ; to 1200 ft. in Tipperary {Sort). 



