198' COMPOSITiE. [ 



Harbour : Hart 1883 p. Well established at Grange HiU, Artlmrs- 

 town, Wexford : B.S. Sf G. i88g. Auglmaolappa and Urrinsfort, 

 "Wexford: Moffatt i88g. — V. Found near Kilmainbam Hospital: 

 Threlheld. Banks near the sea-shore south of Malahide {Moore) : 

 Cyh. Potato field at Howth, 1896; Miss S. Colgan. Eare and 

 uncertain in its appearances in Co. Dublin ; N. C. Very common 

 in fields and waste ground about TermonfecMn and below Togher, 

 Louth : Praeger iSgy. — VI. Grlenstal, Limerick ( C. B. Barrington) : 

 Hwrt z88iy. Casual near Ballyvaughan, Clare, 1896; P. B. 

 0^ Kelly. — IX. Near Mount Palcon, Ballina ; Mrs. U. Knox. 

 Lackafinna, Cong ; Miss M. F. Jackson. — XI. Between Eathmelton 

 and Port Stewart {Bean Gwynn) : Hart 1880. Near Greencastle, 

 1896; Mrs. Leelody.—'KIl. Cornfield near Kilkeel, Down: S.SfP. 

 iSgs. Glynn and Portrush sand-hills ; only a casual in the North- 

 East {Praeger) : S.^P. i8gj. 



Usually in sandy ground near the sea ; but seldom occurs in 

 abundance. 



LAPSANA Linn. 

 1. L. communis Linn. — Wipplewort. 



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



Lat. 51^°-65i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Bushy places, woods, and cultivated ground ; rather common. 

 M. July-August. 



Sea-level in N. Deny and S. Cork. To 950 ft. in Dublin {If. C). 



PICEIS Linn. 



1. ]"£. echioides Lian. — Bristly Ox-tongue. 

 Helminthia echioides Gsertn. 

 Districts I. II. — IV. V. — — — —— — XII. 



Lat. 52°-54f°. South and East, chiefly. Type, English. 



Hedge-banks, borders of fields, waste places, &c. ; rare. Fl. 

 July-September. 



I. Near BallincoUig Castle, 1854 {J. Sullivan) : Annot. in Flor. 

 Corh. — II. Fields in the Little Island: Brummond 1820. Near 

 Youghal {Rev. T. Allin) : Rec. Add. Sparingly near "Whitegate, 

 Cork, 1896 ; roadside near Guileen; plentiful in a field near Power 

 Head, 1897 ; Phillips. Eoadside between New Geneva and Passage 

 [Waterford] ; Br. Bao'hr : Templeton MS. On the north side of 



