238 GENTIANS^. \_Erythrm. 



BETTHE^A Eenealm. 

 1. E. Centaurium Pers.- 



Hibernioi t)peiTnipe TTluipe {Bhray-mM Mwirri), Mary's Ladder. 

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

 Lat. 5H°-55i°. Througtout Ireland. Ti/pe Eritisli. 



Pastures and sandy ground, especially near the sea ; frequent. 

 Fl. July- August. 



Sea-level to 950 ft. in Dublin (iV C.) ; but usually lowland. 



Far. CAIITATA Zbch — I. On most of tie Kerry headlands; R. 

 W. 8. — XII. Sandbanks near the Giant's Causeway: Shoolbred 

 i8g4. — Probably occurs in exposed situations aU round the coasts. 



Far. lATrpoLiA {Smith) — II. Ardmore, Waterford {J. Sullivan): 

 Cyh.—Ml. Frequent at Kilkee, Clare {Carroll): Cyi.— VIII. Bel- 

 mullet, Mayo ; More. — IX. Sligo {Moore) : Herh. Glmnevin — ^Also 

 recorded from other localities by the earlier -writers, but recent 

 confirmation is needed. 



2. E. pulchella Fries — Bwwrf Centamry. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. — — _____ 

 Lat. 51i°-53i°. South and East. Type English. 



Lowland. Sandy sea-shores, chiefly; very rare. Fl, July- 

 September. 



I. On Cape Clear Island : Brummond i8i8. Shore near Bantry, 

 and strand at Glandore {J. Sullivan) : Cyh. — II. Near Toughal 

 {Miss Ball) : Flor. Corh. — III. Dry pasture near Emo, Queen's Co. : 

 Praeger iSq'j. — IV. Curracloa, Wexford {J. Morrison) : Reo. Add, 

 Sand-hills between Eosslare and Eosslare Point ; at Carnsore and 

 Baginbun ; and on the Greater Saltee Island, Wexford : Sort 

 1883 /?.— V. North BuH, Dublin Bay {B. Orr) : Rec. Add,—mdi 

 in 1894; R.W. S. 



First found by Drummond, at Cape Clear, before 1818. 



GENTIANA Linn. 



1. G. verna Linn. — Spring Gentian, 



Districts — VI. — VIII. IX. _ 



Lat. 53°-53f°. West Ireland only. T^pe, Intermediate. 



Stony pastures and on sand-hills ; locally abundant, Fl, April- 

 May. Galoicole A, 



