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X. Plentiful in boggy ground laj tte side of a BmaU lake 

 at Colebrooke, Fermanagli, 1869 {T. 0. Smith) : Bee. Add. — 

 XII. Among the rubbish of the Cathedral of Downpatriok : Harris' » 

 Down, i'J44. Pield adjoining the marshes near Do-wnpatrick 

 Cathedral, and on the side of the old Eath, 1842 [Prof. J. E. 

 Hodges) ; and again gathered near the Cathedral, 1868 {Rev. W. JE. 

 Mulgm) : Rec. Add. Still plentiful on the side of Downpatriok 

 rath, but no longer to be found at the Cathedral : S.SfP. i8gs- 



1^0 doubt introduced at Downpatriok, where, however, it has 

 maintained itself for upwards of 150 years. 



3. G-. verum Linn. — Tellow Bedstraw. 



Districts I. II. III. rV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XIL 

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



Dry banks, and sand-hills and sandy pastures by the sea ; rather 

 common. Fl. July-August. 



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

 (JV. C). 



4. JG. erectum Huds. — Upright Bedstraw. 



Districts — II. — IV. V. VI. — XII.' 



Lat. 51f°-55°. South and East. Type, Germanic-English. 



Lowland. Pastures, lawns, and banks ; rare. Fl. June-July. 



II. Sparingly in two lawns near Midleton and Ballinacurra 

 {^Rev. T. Allin) : Rec. Add. Abundant in pastiu-es at Trabolgan 

 and Eoche's Point, 1895 ; Phillips. — IV. In a field by the railway 

 near KiUurin, Wexford; Hart. — V. In a meadow by the Tolka, 

 Grlasnevin {Moore ^ More) ; ia a field at Stagstown, south of Eath- 

 famham, Dublin (jS. Foot) : Cyl. In the demesne at KUkea Castle 

 {J. DouglUs) : Cyi. — VI. Eihnurvy, Aranmore Island, 1894 ; 

 P. B. 0' Felly. — XII. Lawn at Aghaderg Glebe, near Loughbrick- 

 land, Down, 1886 {Rev. H. W. Lett) ; Eowallane lawn, near 

 Saintfield, Down {B. Redmond and Rev. G. H. Waddell); in Co. 

 Antrim at Glenmore Castle park {Br. Holden) ; abundant in an 

 old meadow at Glenmore near Lisbum, 1895 {J. H. Bavies) ; at the 

 base of the cUfEs at "Whitewell, 1896 {Stewart) ; and in a meadow 

 near the manse at Cullybacky {Miss Knowles S^ Br. Buioh) : Ir^ 

 Nat. iSg'j, p. sbq. 



Probably introduced with grass-seed ia most of its stations, and 

 apparently spreading iu Ireland. 



