J GENTIANE^. 23& 



VI. " On the Mountains between Gort and Grallo-way abundant, 

 Mr. Heaton" : Sow, Phytologia 16^0. Near Castle Taylor, County 

 Gral-way: Wade Rwr. & More I'Sjj. Plentiful on the estate of 

 Bindon Blood, Esq., near tbe Bay of Galway [Burren] ; abundant 

 near the town of Galway {Mr. Senry) : Mack. Rwr. On hilly 

 grounds about eight miles west of Tuam in great abundance : Flor. 

 Sih. Near Eiltartan, Galway ( C. Carter) : Phytol. 184b, p. 512. 

 "Widespread over the Burren limestone and on the shore sand-hiUs : 

 Foot 1864.. Abundant west of Ballyvaughan, Biu-ren, from near 

 sea-level to the mountain suTrmnits, 1895 ; M. C. On moory ground 

 near Cong, Galway; between Gort and Lough Cooter Castle, 

 Galway ; in Great Aran Island {Moore) : Cyh. Athenry, Galway : 

 Corry 1880. In all three islands of Aran : iV. C. i8gj — VIII. On 

 limestone drift to the west of Galway {Prof. Mehille) : Cyl. On 

 Gentian Hill west of Galway, 1895 [the same station as' the preced- 

 ing] : Ir. Nat. i8gj. Knockshanbally, Moycullen, Galway ; Mis& 

 M. F. Jackson. — IX. Shores of Lough Caxra near Moore Hall : 

 Ball i83g—a.-a.dimli54:: More z86o.- 



Sea-level to 1000 ft. in Clare {N.C.) ; butusuaUy lowland. 



Very limited in its eastward range, hardly spreadiug beyond 

 Athenry. Much more lowland in Ireland than in Great Britain 

 and reaching farther South. 



2. G. Amarella Linn. — Felwort. 



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



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



Pastures ; locally abundant. -F7. July-August. Calcicole B. 



I. and II. Locally abundant in County Cork : Allin's Cork. — 

 III. At Maryborough, Queen's Co. ; Praeger. — IV., V., VI., and 

 VII. Frequent, occurring in many stations in "Wexford, Clare, 

 Galway, "Westmeath, and Dublin. — VIII. In the island of Bartra 

 and in other places near Eillala : Mack. Rar.—TK.. South of Lough 

 Mask in Mayo : M.SfS. i8g6. On the shores of Lough Talt, Sligo : 

 iV. C. i8gb. — X. Shores of Lower Lough Erne, apparently rare : 

 Ba/rrington 1884. — XL Abundant on sandy downs between Bally- 

 shannon and Donegal : Ban-t 1883 y. — ^XII. Kenbane Head, 

 Antrim: Templeton MS. In County Deny, on Keady Mountain 

 only: Moore MS. Not found recently in north-east Ireland: 

 S.§-P.i8gj. 



Very rare in- the North and apparently absent from Kerry. 



