200 COMPOSITE. 



2. C. virens Linn. — Smooth Sawhs-heard. 



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

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



Banks, walls, hedges, &c. ; common. Fl. June-September. 



Sea-level in Den-y and Cork. To 1200 ft. in Down {S. Sf P.). 



3. *C. biennis Linn. — Rough Hawlc' s-leard. 



Districts I. II. — IV. — VI. VII. X. — XII. 



Lat. 62°-56°. From South to North. Type, Germanic. 



Lowlaad. Meado-ws and pastnres ; local. Fl. Zvme-Svlj. 



I. Abundant by the railway near Vernon Mount, Cork, 1896 ; 

 Phillips.— 11. Near Cappoquin, "Waterford, 1880 ; and by the rail- 

 way near Fermoy, Cork; F. F. Cwrrey. — IV. Field on Brace's 

 farm, Bray, 1891 ; More. Almost monopolizing some meadows 

 near Eathdrum, Wicklow, 1893-95; Rev. Wyniham Guinness. — . 

 VI. Near Tai-bert, Co. Limerick : R. W. S. i8go.—Yll. Abundant 

 in damp fallows near Dromineer, Tipperary, 1896; JV. C. Near 

 GreashiU, Eirig's Co. {Praeger) : Ir. Nat. i8g4. — X. Near the work- 

 house, Armagh, 1884 ; More — still there in 1892 : Praeger iSg^. — 

 XII. Abundant in a meadow near the town dam of Belfast water- 

 works, 1880 ; by the railway north of Whiteabbey, and in adjoioing 

 meadows and pastures, 1884 {Stewart) ; by the railway at Marino 

 and fields near Caimcastle, 1886 {Praeger); railway at Dunadry, . 

 Antrim {More) : Flor. N.-F. Between Crossgar and Downpatrick, 

 Down {Praeger) ; increasing in the North-East and may be ranked 

 there as naturalized : S.Sj-P. iSgj. 



An aggressive species usually introduced with grass seeds and 

 spreading rapidly iu Ireland. 

 . First found by S. A. Stewart, in Antrim, in 1880. 



4. C. paludosa Moench. — Marsh Sawh' s-leard. 



Mieracivm, paludosum Linn. 



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



Lat. 62°-65i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, Scottish-Highland. 



Marshy meadows, river banks, and wet, rocky places on moun- 

 tains ; frequent. Fl. June-August. 



I. Banks of the Feale above Listowel; very rare in Kerry: 

 B, W. S. i8gi. — II. At Coolrue near Fermoy, but very rare 



