232 PEIMTJLACE^. 



Sea-level in Deny and in Kerry. To 1650 ft. in Donegal 

 (Mart); to 2000 ft. in Down {S-SpF.); to 2500 ft. in Wicklow 

 (Sort); to 2800 ft. in Kerry (iV. C). 



P. vulgaris x veris. — I. Near Ovens ; and — II. At Eathoooney, 

 Cork; Phillips. — V. Ballynascomey ; Donabate, &c., Dublin; 

 iV". C. Near Atty, Kildare ; E. W. S.— VI. Near SaltHll, Galway ; 

 Stewart. — VII. Knock Drin, Westmeath : "Levinge iSq^. 



Probably frequent in tbe eastern districts. Often confounded 

 with tbe true Oxlip, P. elatior (Jacq.), -whicb has not been found ia 

 Ireland. 



2. P. officinalis Jacq. — ( 



P. veris Linn. 



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



Lat. 51^°-55J°. From South to North. rj3?«, British-English. 



Pastures and meadows ; locally abundant. Fl. April-May. 



Sea-level to 1200 ft. in Dublin {N. C). 



A very unequally distributed species, absent from wide areas in 

 many parts of Ireland. Abundant in many of the eastern counties ; 

 occurring only as an introduced plant in District XII. ; very rare 

 in District XI. ; local in Kerry, and generally scarce in the "West. 



LTSIMACHIA Linn. 



1. L. vulgaris Lum, — Yellow Loose-strife. 



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

 Lat. 51|°-55°. Thi-oughout Ireland. Type, EngHsh-British. 



Lowland. Banks of rivers, lake shores, an,d in ditches and 

 mgrshy meadows ; rather frequent and locally abundant. Fl. July, 

 . I. In several places about KiUamey; by the river Laune near 

 Ballymalis Castle; Fermoyle, west of Castlegregory {Rev. Abrm. 

 Isaacs) ; near "WaterviUe, Kerry : M. W. S. i88g, Sfc. Ballyphehane 

 and Summerstown bogs : Drummond i8i8. — II. Bog near Toughal, 

 1896; Phillips §• It. W. 8. By the Suir near Gloon bridge and 

 Camus bridge, Tipperary: Ha/rt i88j a. — III. By the Barrow, 

 between Maganey bridge and Carlow : Sort i88j. — IV. Stream, 

 side in Ballinglen, "Wicklow ; Miss Kinahan. — ^V. Quarry hole on 

 the Delvin river, Co. Dublin: N. C. i8gj. Kearney's Cross, 

 Louth, 1897 ; Praeger. — VIII. Banks of Lough Corrib near Maam : 

 Balington 1836, 



A rare plant in all the foregoiag districts, especially so in IV., 



