1S8 COMPOSITE. ISenecio 



{Dr. Scott) : Mack Ra/r. Sandy fields near Kilbarrack Churcli and 

 Howth : Maeh. Cat. Banks by the roadside between tbe Bailey 

 ligbt-honse and Sutton {Moore) : Cyl. On the beach, Sutton side 

 of Howth, 1867; More. Still on the beach near Sutton, but in 

 Bmall quantity, 1896; Miss S. Colffm.—[Xn.. Tormerly found in 

 abundance on rubbish heaps at the foot of the Mile water, near the 

 terminus of the Northern Counties railway, Belfast, where it was 

 introduced in 1847 and where it maintained itself for nearly forty 

 years, until the ground was built upon : Flor. N'.-E.'] 



Also recorded fi-om near the Basin, Cork, in Flor. Cork, but 

 not found there since. 



Appears to have been at one time rather frequent along the 

 northern shores of Dublin Bay where it has now become very rare 

 and seems doomed to early extinction. 



4. *S. squalidus Linn. — Wall Ragwort. 



Districts I. II. — — — — — — — — — — 



"Walls, house-roofs, roadsides, and waste places; thoroughly 

 naturalized around Cork city and harbour. Fl. Throughout the year. 



I. On walls and house roofs va. the southern part of Cork city 

 {Mr. Alexander) ; perfectly naturalized and most abundant in all 

 parts of the city and suburbs : Flor. Corlc 1843. On the town walls 

 of Bandon and Ballinahassig, 1867 {J. Sullivan) : Annot. in Flor. 

 Cork. "Well established at Kinsale and Bandon ( Ca/rrolT) : Cyh. 

 Plentiful at Cork ; at Bandon ; at Kinsale junction ; at CarrigaHne, 

 1896; railway bank at Crookstown, 1897; and — II. Abundant 

 about Cork and its suburbs, from Sunday's "Well to Tivoli ; frequent 

 by the railway and by roadsides thence to Queenstown, 1896 ; near 

 Leemount, 1897 ; Phillips. 



A native of Southern Italy now fully established in Co. Cork. 

 The plant was not known to Drummond as wild about Cork in 1820 

 and probably first became naturalized there some time between that 

 date and 1839 ; see Flor. Cork. 



A rather distinct variety with almost entire leaves occurs at 

 Dodge's Grlen and at Queenstown ; Phillips. 



5. S. erucifolius Linn. — Homry Ragwort. 



Districts ^ — — IV. V. — — — — ___ 

 Lat. 53i°-53i°. East Ireland. Type, English. 



Lowland. Roadsides, dry banks, and hedgerows ; locally abun- 

 dant. Fl. August-September. 



