170 VALEEIAFE^. [ 



Tar. MiKANii {Syme) — V. In Lougli Crew demesne, Meatli : 

 Prmger iSg'j. — VI. Sparingly in clefts of Umestone rocks on the 

 summit of Cappanawallia mountain, Clare, 1895 ; N. C. — XII. On 

 SUeve Muck, Mourne mountains, at 1500 ft.: S.SfF. iSgs. 

 Sparingly by tlie Lagan at Mazetown, Antrim {Stewmrt): S.^F. 



i8gs- 



This variety appeajs to be quite rare in Ireland. 



CENTEANTHUS Linn. 



1. *C. ruber DC— Bed Valerian. 



Districts I. II. — — — — — — — — — — 



Old walls and on rocks ; tborougKly naturalized around Cork 

 City and Harbour only. Fl. May-June. 



I. On walls near Cork : Drummond i8i8. Walls at Bandon 

 and Castletownsend; Hmestone rocks at Carrigrohane; rocks and walls 

 at Blackrock, 1896; FMllips. — II. Plentiful on walls between Cork 

 and Glanmire : Mach. Far. i8o6. On rocks and walls at Sunday's 

 Well ; the Brickfields and other places round Cork City plentiful : 

 Flor. Corlc 1845. Abundant about the subtu'bs of Cork ; as at 

 Sunday's Well ; Montenotte, &c. ; along the railway embankment 

 and on rocks between Cork and Grlanmire ; old waUs at Toughal ; 

 abundant at Q.ueenstown and on the islands in Cork Harbour ; at 

 Castleferry and Cloyne, 1896; PMllvps. 



Also established on old walls about Clonmel, Tipperary ; about 

 ISTew Boss and Enniscorthy, Wexford; about Swords; ChapeUzod, &c., 

 Dublin, and frequent elsewhere as a garden escape or outcast, but 

 nowhere freely spreading to wild stations as it does in the neigh- 

 boui-hood of Cork, where the mild climate f avoui-s the naturalization 

 of this as of other South, European species. 



VALEEIANELLA Moench. 

 1. V. olitoria PoUich — Corn- Salad. 



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



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



Lowland. Sea-side sands, cultivated ground, and waste places ; 

 frequent. Fl. May-July. 



Abundant and looking native along sandy sea-coasts in Ulster 

 and in Wexford ; apparently rare in the West. 



