214 COMPOSITE. 



2. S. asper HofEm, — Rough Sowthistle. 



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



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



Cultivated land, hedge banks, and waste places ; frequent. M. 

 June-Septemher. 



Sea-level in N. Antrim and S. Cork. To 900 ft. in Ben Bulhen 

 district (^.^F.). 



3. S. arvensis Linn. — Corn Sowthistle. 



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



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



Corn-fields, and sandy or gravelly sea shores ; rather common. 

 Fl. July-September. 



Sea-level to 800 ft. in Dublin (iV. C). 



TRAGOPOGON Linn. 



1. T. prateusis Linn. — Yellow Goats' -beard. 



Districts — 11. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 



Lat. 52°-53^°. Southern half of Ireland. Type, British-English. 



Lowland. Pastures, dry banks, and gravel-pits; rather raie. 

 Fl, June-July. 



II. Meadows at Glanmire {Mr. Alexander) : Flor. Cork. ITear 

 Toughal, 1896; T. Fa/rrington. Railway banks near Castle- 

 townroche, 1897; Phillips. Near Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir 

 [Miss S. Grull) : Cyl. — III. By the l^ore near Borris-in-Ossory : 

 Sa/rt 1885 8. — iV. Murrough of "Wioklow {Moore) : Cyl. — V. Fre- 

 quent in Co. Dublin and abundant on railway embankments ; N. 0. 

 ITear Moone and BaUitore, Kildare {T. Ghandle'e) : Cyl. About 

 Mount Oriel; Strigna; and Tiernan's Hill, Louth: Ir. Flor. — 

 VI, Fields near Limerick {Prof. Hwney) : Cyl. Between BaUi- 

 nasloe and Ahascragh, Galway: Praeger i8qb. — VII. Abundant by 

 the Barrow near Portarlington, King's Co. : HwrtiSS^. — VIII. Near 

 the town of Galway {Prof. Mehille) ; and — IX. At Hollymount, 

 Mayo {More) : Cyl. 



Both the type and Va/r. Mnsron {Fries.) are perhaps equally 

 frequent in Ireland, but have not been sufficiently discriminated. 



