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{T. Chcmdlee) : Cyl. By the river Lickey, "Waterford ; and by tlie 

 river near Midleton, Cork {Rev. T. Allin) : Bee. Add. Shownagh 

 river near Healy's Bridge, 1895; Phillies. Above Grurtavelia 

 lake ( Carroll) : AlUn's CorJc. On Galtymore mountain, Tipperary : 

 Mart z88i. In tie Commeragh. mountains, "Waterford : Swrt 

 1884. — III. By the Barro-w between Lea Castle and PortarKngton, 

 Queen's Co. : Sort 188$. — IV. Frequent in the Wicklo-w moun- 

 tains {Moore) : Cyh. — ^V. By rivulets on Kilmashogue mountains : 

 Wade Lull. i'jq4. Still abundant at Kilmashogue, 1895, and 

 frequent in the upland and mountainous parts of Co. Dublin, 

 a;s at Lugmore ; Athgoe ; Kippure ; Seecawn mountain, &c. ; 

 N. C. At the base of the Carlingford mountains near Omeath, 

 Louth : Ha/rt '1884.. Frequent near Ballitore, Eldare ( CarroU) : 

 Cyh. — VI. By the Hulcaher river, Glenstal, Limerick : Hart 

 1881 y. On Glounagalliagh mountain, near Killaloe, Clare, 1896 ; 

 N. C. — VII. Scraw Bog, Loughanstown, and shores of Lough 

 Derevaragh, "Westmeath : Levinge z8g4. — VIII. By Lough CuUin,. 

 &c., Mayo {More) : Cyl. Islands in Lough Inagh, Connemara, 

 1897 ; iV. C. On the Twelve Bens and Maam Turk mountains, 

 Galway ; and — IX. Croaghpatrick, Mayo : Hart z88j a. Holly- 

 ■wood and Foxford, Mayo {More) : Cyl. On Ben Bulben, SUgo : 

 B.Sj- r. 1885. In the Ox mountains, Sligo, 1896; N. C. Fre- 

 quent in Districts X., XL, and XII. 



Sea-level in Donegal and down to 100 ft. in Kerry. To- 

 1450 ft. in Donegal {Hart) ; to 1700 ft. in Ben Bulben district 

 {B. SfF.); to 2350 ft. in Wicklow (iV. C.) ;• to 2500 ft. in Tipperary 

 {Hart). 



By no means a common species, though wide-spread and locally 

 abundant. Bare in the South, and apparently absent from S. Kerry 

 and 8. Cork. 



HIEEACIUM Linn. 

 1. H. Pilosella Linn. — Mouse-ear Hwwlcweed. 



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



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



Dry banks, pastures,' and rocky places; common. Fl. May- 

 August. 



Sea-level in N. Derry and S. Cork. To 1300 ft. in Derry, and 

 to 1650 ft. in "Wexford {Hart). , 



