114 EOSACE^. [Potentilla. 



4. P. reptans Linn. — ( 

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



Lat. 51i°-55i°- Througliout Ireland. Type, EngUsh-British. 

 Hedge-banks, pastures, &o. ; locally abundant. Fl. June-August. 

 Sea-level to 1000 ft. in Dublin {N. C). 

 Eare in many parts of west Ireland. 



5. P. Anserina Linn. — Silver Weed. 



Hiberniei bpiopgldn {Brisk-el-awn). 



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



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



Eoadsides, banks, waste ground, and gravelly places ; common. 

 Fl. May- July. 



Sea-level to 1400 ft. in Dublin (iV. C). 



6. P. fruticosa Linn. — Shrulhy Oinque-foil. 



Districts — — — —— VI. — VIII. IX. — — — 

 Lat. 53°-53i°. West Ireland. Type, Intermediate-Scottish. 



Lowland. Eocky and bushy places ; very local. Fl. May- 

 August. Caloioole A. 



VI. Abundantly on the south-east side of the barony of Burren, 

 where it joins the barony of Inchiquin : Wade Ra/r. On low 

 swampy ground near the bottom of the Burren Mountains {Binion 

 Blood), and plentiful at Magherimaheen, near Corofin : Mack. Ra/r. 

 At Eock Forest, county of Clare : Mach. Cat. Near BaUyvaughan, 

 completely covering upwards of two acres of furloughs ; also south- 

 east of Grlasgeivenagh HiU., north-east of Corofin ; sparingly in the 

 Formoyle valley, south of Black Head : Foot 1862. Still abundant 

 near BaUyvaughan in 1895 ; N. C. ITear Headford, Galway {Mr. 

 Shuttleworth) : Flor. Sib. — VIII. " Plentifully amongst Kmestone 

 rocks on the banks of Lough Crib, in the coimty of GaUoway" 

 {Lhwyd) : Phil. Trans, xxvii. p. §24. Amongst rocks on the banks 

 of Lough Corrib, near Lemonfleld, Oughterard : Wade Rar. — 

 IX. On the north-east shore of Lotigh Conib {Moore) : Rec. Add. 

 Plentiful in two or three fields between BaUycun-in and Castletown, 

 on the shores of Lough Corrib ; Miss M. F. Jackson. 



Flowers twice, first towards the end of spring with small 

 flowers, again in early autumn, when the flowers are double the size. 



First found by Lhwyd, in 1699, at Lough Corrib. 



