244 BOEAGINE^. IMyosotis. 



2. M. palustris With. — Forget-me-not. 



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



Lat. 61J°-55J°. Throughout Ireland. ryi)«, British-English. 



Lowland. "V^et places, usually in muddy soil ; freq[uent. Fl. 

 June-August. 



E'ot a common species though widely distributed. 



Var. sTErsuiosA Reichh. — XII. Cushendun, Co. Antrim: 

 Shoolhred 1894. — ^Perhaps frequent throughout Ireland. 



3. M. repens G-. Don — Creeping Scorpion-grass. 



Districts I. II. — IV. V. VI. — VIII. IX. X. XI. xn- 



Lat. 5U°-55J°. Throughout Ireland, probably. Type, British- 

 Scottish. 



"Wet boggy places, especially in mountain districts ; frequents 

 Fl. June-August. 



Descends to 150 ft. in N. Antrim and to sea-level in Xerry. To. 

 850 ft. in Donegal {JSa/rt); to 1000 ft. in Down {S.S^P.); to 

 1370 ft. in Mayo {Ewrt) ; to 1500 ft. in Dublin (iVC). 



4. M. arvensis LanJj;. — Field Scorpion-grass. 



M. intermedia Link. 



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



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



Cultivated ground, hanks, copses, &c. ; common. Fl. May- 

 August. 



Sea-level in Deny and in 8. Cork. To 1100 ft. in Dublin 

 {N. C). 



Ywr. XJMBEOSA Bah. — V. In Lucan demesne, Co. Dublin, 1895; 

 N. C. — XI. In sandy ground west of the bridge at Horn Head, 

 Donegal ( C. Moore) : Cyh. — XII. Plentiful at the base of the clifEs 

 between Carrickfergus and Cave Hill ; at Glenarm and Sallagh 

 Braes, Antrim [Moore) : , Gyl. — Erroneously recorded in Flor. Hib. 

 and Flor. TJlst. as M. syhatica, which is not found in Ireland. 



5. M. collina HofEm. — Fa/rly Scorpion-grass. 



Districts — — — lY. y. — — — - — _ _ XII. 

 Lat. 52°-55i°- East Ireland. Type, British. 



Sand-hills and dry banks near the sea ; rare. Fl, April-May. 



