182 COMPOSITE. [I)iotis. 



"Wexford, from vlience I am favoured with specimens by Mr. John 

 "Waddy": Same's Ung. Bot. M. 3, i86b. Near Tacumsin Laie, 

 South "Wexford, 1876 ; G. S. Kmahm. Sandy coast below Lady's 

 Island Lake and Tacumsin Lake, "Wexford, extending for about an 

 English mile: Sa/rt 1883 (3. 



Also recorded in SmiWs Kerry from the " shores of the strand 

 at BaUyheigh." This record has not been confirmed ; and if the 

 plant observed by Smith was properly referred by him to this species 

 it has no doubt siace become extinct. 



Apparently decreasing in Ireland with other rare littoral species, 

 such as Mertensia mwritima, Mathiola sinuata, Cramibe maritima, &c. 



First discovered by Gr. J. AUman in 1845. 



Al^THEMIS Linn. 



1. {A. Cotula Linn. — Stinking Chamomile. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. [XI.] [XII.] 



Lat. 52°-54°. From South to North. Type, English-British. 



Cultivated ground, roadsides, and waste places ; frequent. Fl. 

 July-August. 



Like most of our colonists, more abundant in the East than 

 elsewhere. Hardly more than a casual in North Ireland and in the 

 extreme South. 



2. A. nobilis Linn. — Common Chamomile, 



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



Lat. 51J°-55i°. From South to North. Type, English. 



Damp roadsides, pastures, and gravelly places ; local. Fl. July- 

 August. 



I. Covering whole fields at Calnaf ersy and plentiful on roadsides 

 near Killamey : MacL liar, Killarney ; Eossbehy ; Glenflesk, &c. ; 

 locally abundant in South Kerry ; H. W. S. In the half- barony of 

 Barryroe near the GaUey Head : Smith's Cork Common in south- 

 west Cork: Allin's Cork— 11. Plentiful near Fei-moy(r. Chandlee): 

 Cyh. At KUcoleman ( Ca/rroll) ; and abundant near Midleton {Rev. 

 T. Allin) : Allim's Cork In the parish of Eilrosinta near BaUy- 

 caroge: SmitVs Waterford ly^d.—lll. Abundant on the Great 

 Heath at Maryborough : Praeger i8g7.—lY. End of the Long Hill 

 beyond Enniskerry, Wicklow: Ir. Flor. ^(^jj— and in 1893; N. C. 

 Of frequent occurrence in ^exford, appai-ently throughout the 



