Carduus.'] COMPOSITE. 193 



neck of Ilaun-mucldmsli, Clare, in some quantity, 1895; W. C. — 

 VIII. On Clare Island ; Son. Miss E. Lawless. 



Also recorded from — I. Near Castletown Berehaven: Flor. 

 Cork. — V. Castle DiUon, Straffan, Kildare; and — XII. Eailway 

 bank two miles from Carrickfergus : Ci/h. ; but in these stations 

 the plant appears to bave been little more tban a casual. 



3. -f C. crispus Linn. — Wei 



Districts III. — V. VI. VII. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 63°-55i°. Nortbem balf of Ireland, cbiefly. Type, British- 

 Englisb. 



Lowland. Dry banks, waste places, &c. ; rare. Fl. July-Aug. 



III. At Maxyborougb, Queen's Co. : Prcteger iSg"/. — V. Eoad- 

 sides, about two miles south of Dundalk ; roadside going to Lucan, 

 and other places about Dubhn : Templeton MS. Finglas ; Grlasnevin ; 

 BaUygall ; and Cardiffl's Bridge; Dublin : Ir. Flor. At Mulhuddart, 

 1893 ; Skerries and Sutton, 1895 ; Knockmaroon, &c. ; notinfrequent 

 in Co. Dublin; iV. C. Eoadsides near Ballitore, Kildare {T. 

 Chaniilee) : Cyh. 'Eeax Mornington, at the Boyne mouth, Meath ; 

 Praeger. — VI. Near Corofin, Clare, 1892; Levinge. — VII. InWest- 

 meath close to the borders of Longford {M. P. EdgewortK) : Cyb. — 

 X. Cremome, Co. Monaghan, 1805 : Templeton MS. Clones, 

 Monaghan ; Stewart. Common in the limestone district of Arma,gh : 

 Praeger iSg^. — ^XI. Eoadside near CuldafE, 1839 : Serb. C. Moore. 

 Near Camdonagh ; and by the Erne at BeUeek ; Ha/rt. — XII. Not 

 rare at MagiUigan, 1835 : Moore MS. Common at MagLUigan : 

 S.Sj-P. i8gs. Curran of Larne : Cyl. & Stewart i8q4. Fields 

 and waste ground at KiUowen, Down : S.^ P. iSgs. 



Seldom occurs in abundance and is obyiously introduced in many 

 of its stations. The Irish plant is usually the Va/r. ACAj^THomES 

 .{Linn.\ The Ya/r. poltanihemos {KocK) is apparently rare. 



CNICUS Linn. 



1. C. lanceolatus Willd. — Spear Thistle. 

 Cirsium laneeolatum Scop. 



Hibernice pocanndn {Fohen-awn) — pioce&an (^Feeo-kay-dhawn). 

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

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



Pastures, roadsides, and waste places; common, i^. July- August. 



