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Dungarvan Harbour, "Waterford ; and — IV. Between Eosslare and 

 Greenore, and near Duncannon, "Wexford : JSart i88j yS. Plentiful 

 in a field between BaUinlaw Ferry and the Island Quay, Wexford 

 {Miss Z. Glaseott): B.-E.8fG. i88g. Kilmanock, Wexford {O. 

 Bmrett-Eamilton) : Ir. Nat. iSg^. — V. "It is frequent under 

 Hedges and above the Barracks [Dublin] in a Brow to tte West- 

 ward": Threlkeld 1727 ■ Knockmaroon HUl ; Howtb; Eaheny; 

 Kilbarraok, &c. : Ir. Flor. Not infrequent near Dublin and 

 oceasionaUy along tbe coast as far north, as Drogheda : Flor. Sib. 

 Eoadside banks between Swords and Balbriggan {Moore) : Cyh. 

 Near KJnockmaroon; More. Plentifully on ditch-banks, and by a 

 quarry at Sutton: Flor. Howth. Now very rare in Co. Dublin 

 and apparently extinct in many of its older stations ; N> C. 

 Gravelly banks at Laytown, Meath : Praeger i8g'j. — XII. Shore at 

 north end of Island Magee, Antrim {Stewart ^ R. Tate); and 

 shore of Belfast Bay, half-a-mile above Black Head {Stewart) : 

 £ec. Add. 



CKEPIS Linn. 



1. C. taraxacifolia Thuill. — Dandelion Mawk's-ieard. 



JBwrhhausia taraxacifolia DC. 



Districts — II. III. IV. V. VI. — VIII. IX. — 



Lat. 52i°-53J°. East Ireland, chiefly. Type, Germanic. 



Lowland. Dry banks, field-borders, and old quarries and gravel- 

 pits ; locally abundant. Fl. May-July. Calcicole B. 



II. Four or five plants by the Avenue at Blenheim, Waterford : 

 B.S. Sf Q. i88g. At Fethard and north of Clonmel, Tipperary, 

 1 897 ; and — III. Kilkenny town and at Bagnalstown, Carlow, 1 897 ; 

 Praeger. By the river at MountmeUick, Queen's Co. ; Miss S, 

 Grubh. — IV. Herbert Eoad, Bray; More. — V. Near Baldoyle ; 

 Knockmaroon Hill, and elsewhere : Wade Dubl. (as C. biennis). 

 Phoenix Park ; Portmamock ; Eilbarrack ; and Howth : Ir. Flor. 

 (as C. biennis). At Leixlip ; B. M'Ardle. Skerries ; ClonsiUa ; 

 Lucan ; Glenasmole, &c. ; frequent almost throughout the lowlands 

 of Co. Dublin, 1895 ; JV. C— VI. Eoadside ' near BaUyvaughan, 

 Clare, 1896 ; P. B. 0' Kelly. —YUl. Near Ashford bridge, Galway ; 

 and — IX. By the Quay road, Lisloughrey, Co. Mayo, 1895 ; Miss 

 M. F. Jackson. 



Sea-level to 650 ft. in DubHn (if. €,) ; but usually lowland. 



