Artemisia.'] COMPOSITE. 18& 



"Widely distributed and well establislied in many places, especi- 

 ally by tbe coast, but rarely occurring ia abundance. 



2. A. vulgaris Linn. — Mugwori. 



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

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



Lowland. Waste places, field borders, dry banks, &c. ; freq[uent. 

 Fl. July-September. 



Nowhere a common species, and rare and apparently introduced 

 in many parts. 



3. A. maritima Linn. — Sea Worm-wood. 



Districts V. VI. — [VIII.] 



Lat. 52f°-54°. East and West coasts. ' Type, English. 



Eocky and muddy sea-shores ; very rare. Fl. July- August. 

 V. "Pound between Mirrion and the Black Eock. The 

 Country People make it into Sheaves and bring it in Carrs out of 

 the adjacent Countys of Meath and Louth to Dublin, of which our 

 Ale-house keepers make their Purl": Threlheld I'J2'J. On the 

 Hill of Howth, 1 799 : Templeton M8. On the Sutton side of Howth 

 and on the coast near Portrane, plentiful : Mack. Cat. Eocks by 

 the shore below the Cliffs and Needles, Howth : Flor. Howth. In 

 considerable quantity over a small area of sea-cliffls at Portrane, 

 1895; iy.C On Killiney HiU, south side (Jfoor«.) : Cyi. Abun- 

 dant on cliffs at Sorrento, Dalkey, 1884; N. C. On a low muddy 

 point south side of the estuary of the Boyne below. Drogheda, and 

 sparingly on the adjacent shore {More) : Ree. Add.. At Dundalk, 

 1868 ; J. Marsden. Near Clogher Head, Louth, 1893 ; Ceeil 

 Butler. — VI. In county Clare, at Grleninagh, and on muddy shores 

 at KiUadysart and Carron Island, ia the Pergus estuary: Carry 

 l88o. Abundant on muddy flats by the shore above Eoynes, 

 Limerick : 8tewa/rt i8go. At Carranroe, Galway ; Rev. F. Wa/tren. — 

 [VIII. This grows on one of the islands west of Westport : Brown 

 Fascia. i'j88 — no recent record.] 



Also recorded by Smith, History of Corh I'JSO, &s growing in great 

 quantities on the sea-coast, but not since found in that county. 



Apparently a decreasiag .species in Ireland, in. common with 

 many others of our rarer littoral plants, and was probably abundant 

 on many parts of our coasts in the last century. 



