98 EOSACE^. [Frunus. 



VI. Sparingly on the banks of the Suck near Ballinasloe : Foot 



rS6j. In profusion in an old -wood at Clonbroek, Co, Gal way : 



Praeger i8g6. — VII. Grlenstal, Co. Limerick ( C. B. Barrington) : 



Hart 1881 y. Xnock Drin woods : Levinge iSg^.. — IX. Larkfield, 



Leitrim {Admiral Jones) ; in Sligo and Leitrim (J. Wynne) : Cyh. 



A single tree on the shore of Lough Achree, Ox Mountains, SUgo : 



N. C. i8g6. — X. "Woods at Favour Koyal, Tyrone : Sort 188'j. 



Eoadside at Cooneen, N. Fermanagh ; Rev. W. J. Browne. — ^XI. Min- 



tiaghs, Inishowen, 1839 : Herh. C. Moore. Abundant by the river 



Finn from Liffiord to the Eeelan water : Sort 1883 y. Termon 



river above Pettigoe; river between Ardara and Glenties: Ha/rt 



1886. — XII. Glenarm deer-park and on limestone rocks at Sallagh 



Braes, Antrim : Templeton MS. — stiU there in 1874 : Flor. JV.-F. 



Camlough Glen {Mr. Sgndman) : Mor. Ulst. — and still there about 



1887 : Flor.N.-K Low glens in Glensheisk, Antrim : Ir. Flor. — 



one or two small trees here in 1893: Shoolhred i8g^. On the 



banks of the Faughan below Cumber, Co. Derry : Templeton MS. 



By the rivers Faughan, Eoe, and Agivey, Derry, 1835 : Moore MS. 



Undoubtedly native in North Ireland ; but nowhere abundant 



and apparently decreasing. 



SPIE^A Linn. 



1. S. nimaria Linn. — Meadow- Stoeet. 



Hihemid Qipgiob luacpa {Air-i-good loo-aeh-ra), Silver of Rushes, 

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

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



Damp meadows and borders of streams and ditches ; common.. 

 Fl. June -August. 



Sea-level in N. Derry and S. Cork. To 1700 ft. in Sligo^ 

 {B. Sr r.) ; to 2800 ft. in Kerry {JST. C). 



2. S. FiUpendula Linn. — Dropwort. 



Districts — — — — — VI. — — 



Lat. 53°— 53° 5'. Galway and Clare. Type, English-Germanic. 



Lowland. Calcai-eous pastures ; very local. M. June-July. 



VI. "Itgi-ows . . . wild in the bai-ony of Bun-in": K'Mgh 

 ^733- la county Galway near Gort and in the Marquis of 

 Clanricarde's demesne at Portunma {Moore) : Fhytol. 1843, p. ijo. 

 By a lake near Glencolumbkill, Co. Clai-e, 1851 : O'Mahony i8bo. 



