Erigeron.~\ COMPOSITJE. 175 



sandy banks; rare, but locally abundant. Fl. July- August. 

 Calcicole B. 



II. JSTear Clonmel {Moore) : Cyh. — III. At Catsrock and quarry 

 near Gaul's Mills (T. Chandlee) ; near Eichmond, EJilkenny {Rev. 

 S. Madden) ; road-side nortb- east of Carlow {J. Sim) : Cyh. By 

 the Barrow above TinneHncli Bridge, Queen's Co. : Ha/rt i88^. — 

 IV. Along tbe riverside between Enniskerry and Lough Bray: 

 Ir. Flor. Ballatme near Blackstairs moimtain, "Wexford {Miss V. 

 Cooper) : B.S.SfM. z8g2. — V. " Upon a dry billy pasture facing 

 the Hutts at tbe Black Eock": Threlkeld. Near Eatbf arnham ; 

 between Sandymount and Merrion, &c. : Wade Bull. Near the 

 canal a mile from Lucan ; banks of tbe Dodder above Templeogue : 

 Flor. Mil. i8j6. By tbe Grand Canal at CoUierstown above Lucan,. 

 1893 ; abundant along tbe Dodder river from Templeogue to 

 Bobernabreena, 1895; atKillester; Clonsilla, i&c. ; frequent in Co. 

 Dublin ; N. G. About Mullagbcreelan Hill, Kildare {J. Bouglas) : 

 ■Cyh. — VI. Sparingly near Ballyvaugban, Clare, 1895 ; N. C. — 

 VII. Gurtalougba, Lougb Derg, Tipperary; — VIII. Golden Bay, 

 Lougb Corrib, Galway; and — IX. Between Cong Cross and Kil- 

 maine. Mayo ; Miss M. F. Jackson,. — XII. Sparingly on the sand 

 dunes at BaUykinler, Co. Down {Praeger) : Flior. W.-E. 



Apparently absent from Cork and Kerry, and much more abun- 

 dant in the East than in the West. 



First recorded by Threlkeld in 1727. 



EILAGO Linn. 



1. F. germanica Linn. — Common Cvdweed. 



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



Lat. 51i°-56i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Lowland. Dry pastures, and sandy or gravelly places ; frequent. 

 Fl. July-August. 



A widely distributed species, but rare over large areas. 



2. F. minima Fries — Beast Cudweed. 



Districts I. II — IV. V. — — VIII. — X. XL XII. 



Lat. 51J°-56J°. From South to North. Type, British. 



Lowland. Sandy or gravelly places, &c. ; rare, but locally 

 abtindant. Fl. June-August. 



I. Drishana, west of the Gap of Dunloe, Kerry : Sort 1882. 



