.] PLUMBAGINE^. 231 



Brandon and CarrantuoliLll, Kerry ; Ben Lattery, Galway ; Croagt- 

 patrick and Nephin, Mayo; Muokish. and Errigal, Donegal; and 

 Ben Evenagt, Derry. Nowliere found at a greater distance than 

 10 miles from the sea and apparently confined, as a mountain plant, 

 to the "West and ITorth. 



To 2460 ft. in Donegal {Flor. Uht.) ; to 2640 ft. in Mayo, and 

 to 3414 ft. in Kerry (^Sa/rt). 



OEDER XLI.— PRIMULACE.aS. 

 HOTTONIA Linn. 



1. JH. palustris Linn. — Water Violet. 



Districts — — — — — — — — — — — XII. 



Lat. 54° 20'— 54° 35'. Down and Antrim, only. Type, English. 



Marshes and stagnant ditches ; very rare. Fl. May-July. 



XII. "Eound by Mr. Eichard Kennedy in the marshy ditches 

 hy the right side of the road at Everogue Bridge near Downpatrick " : 

 Tem/pleton MS. Still abundant at Everogue Bridge (Crossgar) 

 Praeger : B. N. F. G. Proc. i8go-gi. Plentiful in the drains in the 

 Bog Meadows, Belfast, where it was planted a few years ago 

 (Stewart) : Reo. Add. iS'js. Introduced at Hollywood and Cush- 

 endun ; spreading amazingly in the Bog Meadows ; probably 

 introduced at no remote date in its original station in Co. Down : 

 Flor. N.-E. 



EstabKshed for at least three-quarters of a century in the Coimty 

 Down station. The record in Browrt^s Fasciculus i'j88: "In a 

 watery ditch west of Lough Mask on the road from Ballinrobe to 

 "Westport " has not since been verified, and was no doubt an error. 



PEIMULA Linn. 



1. P. vulgaris Huds. — Primrose. 



P. acavlis Linn. 



Sibernici bamne bo bleaccdn {Banny& ho hlachthawn), Milch cow's 



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



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



Banks, hedgerows, woods, and shady places ; . common. Fl, 

 April-May. 



