, Senecio.2 C0MP08ITJE. 189 



IV. Old Court near Bray, Co. "Wicklow [Barrington) : Ree. 

 Add. — V. Frequent in dry pastures in Co. Dublin : Wade Bull, 

 Eaheny ; Coolock ; Santry ; Ballymun, &o. : Ir. Flor. Castle- 

 tnock ; Lucan ; StiUorgan ; and TallagM {More) : Rec. Add. At 

 Portrane; R. Bayly. Clonsilla; Knockmaroon; Eusli, &c. ; frequent 

 througliout tlie lowlands of Co. Dublin, and especially abundant 

 round Swords and the Malahide estuary, 1895; JSF. C. Between 

 Drogheda and Dundalk, Louth. {Moore) : Cyl. North of Leixlip 

 railway station, Kildare ; and at Laytown, Meath : Praeger i8g'/. 



Almost confined to Co. Dublin where it is frequent and in some 

 stations abundant. 



6. S. Jacobsea Linn. — Common Ragwort. 



Sibernioi buacaldn bui&e {Boolc-a-lawn hioee), Yellow Boy. 

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

 Lat. 51i-°-56i°- Throughout Ireland. T^/^s, British. 



Pastures, roadsides, waste places, and sand-hills : common. Fl. 

 June-September. 



A pest in pasture lands throughout the country and often com- 

 pletely over-running peaty or sandy fallows. 



Sea-level in IS". Donegal and S. Cork. To 1450 ft. in Derry and 

 to 1630 ft. in Mayo {E(M-t). 



Var. FLOscniosus (Jord.) — I. Common on the Kerry sand-hills; 

 R. W. 8.— 11. Near Tramore, Waterford {J. Woods) : Phytol. 

 rSjj. — IV. Cahore Point; Eosslare, &c., "Wexford : Sa/rti88j p. — 

 y. Most copiously on sands by the shore three or four miles from 

 JDrogheda, so that of a thousand plants you shall scarce find one 

 with a radiant flower {Shera/rd) : Ray's Synopsis, i6g6, p. 82. 

 StiU most abundant from the Boyne to Clogher [no doubt Sherard's 

 station], the normal form quite absent, 1896: Praeger i8g'j. — 

 VI. Frequent in Aran {Hart) : Rec. Add. — VIII. In several islands 

 off Connemara {More) : Rec. Add. — XI. Abundant on the shore of 

 Trawenagh Bay : Hart 1881 /3. 



7. S. aquations Huds. — Ma/rsh Ragwort. 



Hiberniee Sam-a-cuppaige {Sam-vah-cwrra), Sun of fhe Ma/rshiJ). 

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

 Lat. 61i°-55JP. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Watery places, marshes, &c. ; common. Fl. July-August. 



Sea-level in N. Donegal and S. Cork. To 1200 ft. in Mayo and 

 to 1500 ft. in VS^icklow {Hwrt). 



