Asperula.'] ETJBIACE^. 169 



other parts of the harony of Inchiquin : Wade Bar, Very abim- 

 dant among the limestone rocks at Corofin, Clare : Maclc. Rwr. 

 Ahimdant in. the Burren district of Clare, both on limestone MUs 

 and sandy places hy the shore, 1895 ; N. C. In the large Island of 

 Aran, 1805 : Flor. Sib. On all three Isles of Aran : Bart iS'JS. 

 Plentiful ahout Castle Taylor, Galway : More 1S55. — ^VIII. Sea 

 shore at Aughrus, Connemara : WaAe Gallovid. At Eoumdstone : 

 Oliver 18^1. Plentifully on Gentian Hill, -west of the city of 

 Gal-way ; F. K. Boyd. 



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



Pirst definitely recorded by "Wade, from Aughrus, in 1801 ; but 

 in Eutty's Nat. Hist, of County Bublin, i'/'/2, the plant is set down 

 as native in the country, and is said to have been sent from the 

 South to Dr. Abraham Jenkins, then engaged in the preparation of 

 an Irish Flora which was never published. 



SHEEAEDIA Linn. 

 1. S. arvensis Linn. — Field Madder. 



DistiictB I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIIL IX. X. XI. XII. 



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



Cultivated ground, dry banks, and waste places ; frequent. 

 Fl. May-August. 



Sea level in N. Deny and S. Cork. To 1 150 ft. in Dublin {JSf. C). 



OEDEE XXXIII.— VALEEIANE.a:. 



VALEEIAISTA Linn. 

 1. V. oflELeinalis Linn. — Wild Valerian. 



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



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



■ Ditches, ■ river sides, and moist woods; rather common. FL 



Jxme-August. 



Sea-level in N. Antrim and S; Cork. To 1400 ft. in Donegal 

 and to 1960 ft. in Mayo {Mart) ; to 2500 ft. in Wicklow (iV. C.) ; 

 to 2650 ft. in Kerry {Mart). 



The prevailing Iri«h plant is V, sambueifolia (Miki). 



