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POTENTILLA Linn. 



1. P. Fragariastrum 'Ehx'h.—Bm-ren Strawberry. 

 Fragwria sterilis Linn. 

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



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



Hedge-banks, woods, walls, &c. ; common. Fl. April-June. 



Sea-level in JS". Derry and S. Cork. To 1000 ft. in Dublin 

 <iV. C). 



2. P. Tbrmentilla 'Ee<i\.—TormnUl. 



Tormentilla erecta Linn. 



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



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



Moors and heathy places ; common. Fl. June-August. 



Sea-level in If. Antrim and 8. Cork. To 2460 ft. in Donegal 

 to 3000 ft. in Wicklow, and to 3120 ft. in Kerry {Km-t). 



3. P. procumbens ^Mh.—TrmUng Tormentil. 



P. nemoralis ISTestl. — Tormentilla reptans Linn. 



Districts I. IV. V. — VII. VIII. IX. X. — XIL 



Lat. 52°-55i°. From South to North. Type, British. 



Banks and roadsides ; frequent (?). Fl. June-August. 



I. BaUyphehane : Flor. Cork — IV. Near Wexford : Marshall 

 i8g6. — V. Phoenix Park ; Howth ; and about Santry : Ir. Flor. 

 ■Frequent in County Dublin ; JSf. C. — VII. Shore of Lough 

 Derevaragh, Westmeath : Linton i8g6. — VIII. Inishbofln ; More. — 



IX. Common about Grlencar {E. P. Vowell) : B.SfV. 1885. — 



X. Frequent ia Co. Armagh : Praeger i8gj. — XII. By Kilbroney 

 river and near Newcastle, Down : S. Sf P. i8g0. GlenarifE ; 

 Glendun ; and Glenshesk, Antrim. : Shoolbred i8g4. Sandy fields 

 at the Bann mouth and frequent ia Kllrea district, Derry : S. ^P. 



z8gs. 



Much difference of opinion exists amongst botanists as to the 

 precise standing of P. proeumiens and it is not without hesitation 

 that we have admitted it to specific rank. The plant is probably 

 frequent throughout Ireland. 



The hybrid P. proeumiens x Tormentilla has been observed in 

 "Westmeath and Antrim. 



