190 COMPOSITE. 



CAELHSTA Linn. 



1. C. vulgaris Linn. — Carline Thistle. 



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

 Lat. 51f°-55i°. Throughout Ireland, almost. Type, English- 

 British. 



Gravelly banks, rocky pastm-es, and sand-hills; frequent and 

 .locally abundant. Fl. July-September. Caloieole A. 



I. Cliffs by the Passage road {Mr. Alexander) ; on Inchidony 

 island {W. C. Nash): Flor. Cork Near Charles Fort, Kinsale, 

 1894; rare in S. Cork; and — II. Limestone hills near Midleton; 

 Eoche's Point ; Power Head ; Little Island, &c. ; frequent round 

 Cork Harbour ; Phillips. By the coast at Stradbally, "Waterford : 

 Hwrt i88j 13. — III. Near the Black Bog, Carlo-w {E. Clayton 

 Browne) : Bee. Add. Near the source of the Barro-w, Queen's Co. : 

 Mart i88^. — IV. Abundant on the coast of "VTicklow {Moore) : Cyl. 

 Eound the whole coast of "Wexford : B.-H. ^ M. zSga. — ^V. Knook- 

 maroon and Portmamock, Co. Dublin : Wade Buhl. Very abun- 

 dant on the sand-hills at Portmamock, 1896, and frequent in the 

 lowlands of Co. Dublin ; JSf. C. BaUitore and Portersize, Kildare 

 {Cm-roll): Cyl. — VI. Castle Taylor, Galway: MoreiS^s. In aU 

 three Isles of Aran, 1892; abundant roimd Ballyvaughan, Clare, 

 1895; Emd on the shores of Lough Derg, Galway, 1896; N. C. — 

 VII. Xnock Eyon and Knock Eoss, "Westmeath : Levinge 18^4. 

 Grortmore ; Drominagh Point ; and Eyan's Point, Lough Derg, 

 Tipperary, 1896; N. C.-— VIII. Coast near Galway : Balfou/r i8'/s. 

 Plentiful near Oughterard, Galway ; and — IX. Near Cong, Mayo, 

 1896; Miss M. F. Jachson.—Xl. St. John's Point, Killybegs: 

 Hart 188$ y. — XII. BalLycastle, Antrim {Miss Hincks) : Flor. Ulst. 

 Sparingly on sands at Ballykinler, Down, 1887 {Prueger): Flor.N.-E. 



To 660 ft. in DubHn and to 800 ft. in Wicklow {N. C.) ; to 850 

 ft. in Queen's Co. {Han-t) ; but usually lowland. 



Very rare in the North and seems to be absent from Eerry. 



AECTIUM Linn. 

 1. jA. majus '&(srah..— Great Burdock, 



A. Lappa Linn, in part — Lappa major Geertn, 



Districts — — — — V. — — X. 



Eoadsides and waste places ; rare. Fl. August. 



