194 COMPOSITE. [ 



Sea-level in Deny and S. Cork. To 1700 ft. in Deny {Emrt) ; 

 to 1400 ft. in Ben Bulben district (5. Sf. V.). 



2. C. palustris WiUd. — Marsh Thistle. 



Cirsium palustre Scop. 



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



Lat. 51i°-55i°. Throughont Ireland. Type, British. 



Wet meadows and marsliy places ; common. Fl. June-August. 



Sea-level in F. Antrim and S. Cork. To 1350 ft. in Deny 

 \Swrt) ; to 1600 ft. in Ben Bulben Distiict {B. S^V.) ; to 1800 ft. 

 in Dublin, and to 2400 ft. in Wicklow {N. C). 



C. Forsteri Smith. — C. palustris x pratensis — XII. In Gar- 

 vagh demesne, and in wet meadows by the Bann below Jackson 

 HaU, Deny, 1835 : Moore MS. 



Peculiar forms of C. pratensis have been gathered at Lisdoon- 

 vama, Clare, and at Lough Owel, "Westmeath, by S, C. Levinge ; 

 near Roundstone, by Rev. JE. F. Linton ; and near BeUeisle, Lough 

 Erne, by R. M. Bwrrington ; but none of these can with certainty 

 be referred to C. Forsteri. 



3. C. pratensis "WiUd. — Bog Thistle. 



Cirsium angliewm Lamk. 



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



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



Boggy pastures; locally abundant. 2^?. June- August. 



Sea-level in Antrim and Kerry. To 900 ft. in Donegal [Flor^ 

 Ulst.) ; to 1650 ft. in Sligo {B. ^ V.) ; to 1350 ft. in Wicklow {SaH).. 



Rare iu the East, and in S. Cork and S. Kerry ; abundant in the 

 "West and North. 



4. C. arvensis Hoftm. — Creeping Thistle. 

 Cirsium arvense Scop. 



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

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



Fields, waysides, &c. ; common. Fl. July-August. 



Sea-level in Antrim and Cork. To 1200 ft. in Dublin (iV. C). 



Far. SETOSTJS {Bess.)— XI. In a stubble field by the river 

 Lennan near Kilmacrenan {Rev. T. Allin) : Ree. Add. Carndonagh y 

 Glen Alia; Carriek, &c., not infrequent in Donegal; S^art. 



