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Newcastle station, and between Kilcool and the Breaches {More) : 

 Reo. Add. ITear Kilcool, 1880 ; Mart. — V. Very sparingly on the 

 shore near Hampton Bani about a short mile from Balbriggan and 

 at Lough Sheeney, within about a mile of Skerries, county of 

 Dublin : Wade Bar, Coast between Balbriggan and Skerries : 

 Flor. Sib. Not seen for very many years in the County Dublin 

 and probably extinct ; N". C. Shore of Dundalk Bay, sparingly : 

 Butler i8qo. — XI. Norway Point, Donegal, 1839 : Serh. C. Moore. 

 Eossgull, south of Kinnaf aghla, in profusion : Hart i88o. Plen- 

 tiful on the north-east side of MaUn Head : Sort i88j. — XII. Shore 

 of Island Magee at Brown's Bay, 1794 (Templeton) : Whitla MS. 

 Garron Head, Antrim. {Moore) : Cyh. Shore, half a mile from the 

 Bar of.Dundrum; and in great profusion. on the shore about five 

 miles south of Newcastle, 1799 : Templeton MS. Extending for 

 nearly a mile along the beach at Glassdrumman (Templeton's New- 

 castle station) : S.S^P. i8g3. At Eamullan, 1810: Templeton MS. 

 A single plant at Eathmullen Point, Down, 1878 {Carry): Flor. 

 N.-E. Abundant along the gravelly shore-side between Green- 

 castle and the Light House, Co. Down {John White) : Wade Rwr. 

 Sparingly a. short distance north of the lighthouse at Greencastle 

 {Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. On the shore at Ballyaghran, Deny: 

 Sampson 1802. Between Portrnsh and Portstewart, the same 

 station as the preceding {Mrs. Leebo&y) : S.SfP. i8gs. Near 

 Castlerock station, Derry line {Rev. W. T. Whm) : Flor. Ulst, 



Also recorded for District I. from the "Beach near Beal Castle " 

 in Smith' s Kerry I'JSt, but the plant has not recently been observed 

 in Kerry and is probably extinct in that county, as in county 

 Dublin. 



Eapidly decreasing in Ireland with many other of our maritime 

 species, perhaps through changes in the form or level of the shore 

 line. 



Eirst found by Sherard, in Wicklow, about 1691. 



MTOSOTIS Linn. 

 1. M. csBspitosa F. Schultz. — Tufted Scorpion-grass. 



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



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

 Watery and boggy places ; common. Fl. June-August. 

 Sea-level in Derry and S. Cork. To 1800 ft. ia Derry {Sa/rt). 



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