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IV. Abundant on the Murrongh of "Wicklo-w {Moore) : Cyh. 

 Sand-ldlls north of Coiirtown, "Wexford, to ArHow Head : Sort 

 i88j p. Saltee Islands, Wexford; Ba/rrington. Sand-hills at 

 Rosslare, "Wexford: B.S.^M. iSga. — "V. In a sandy field at 

 Portmamock, DnhHn {F. Whitla Sf J. Johnston) : Flor. Hib. 

 Plentiful on sand-hills at Portmarnook and at Malahide {Moore) : 

 Cyh. At Kilbarrack and Ireland's Eye : Flor. Howth. Yery 

 abundant all round Lambay Island : Mart 1883. Between Lay- 

 town and the mouth of the Boyne, Co. Meath ; Ba/rrington,. — 

 XII. Sand-hiUs between Portrush and Dunluce Castle, Antrim, 

 1836 {Moore) : Flor. Sib. At Portstewart {Miss Bamis) : B. N. F. C. 

 Proc. i88g-go. Sandy warrens near Bushmills {Moore) : Cyh, 

 Locally plentiful on sand-hills at Ifewcastle, Down ( C. Biehson) : 

 Flor. N. F. At Kirkiston, Down {Rev. C. S. Wad'dell) : S. ^. P. 

 i8gj. Grravelly banks at the mouth of the Sixmile river [Lough 

 Neagh] ; Praeger : B. JV. F. C. Proc. z8g2-gj — the only distiactly 

 inland station on record for the species. 



6. M. versicolor Eeichb. — Pwrti-colowed Seorpion-grass. 



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



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



Pastures, banks, waste places, and cultivated ground in light 

 soils ; frequent. Fl. May-July. 



. Sea-level in F. Antrim and S. Cork. To 1600 ft. in Dublin 

 {K C). 



LITHOSPEEMUM Linn. 

 1. L. officinale Linn. — Common Gromwell. 



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



Lat. 52°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British-English. 



Lowland. Hedge-banks, waysides, and gravelly waste places ; 

 rather rare. Fl. June-August. Caloioole B. 



I. Eoadside west of Macroom : Allin's Cork. Plentiful by 

 roadsides near Gearagh and Toon Bridge, near Macroom, 1897; 

 W. H. Shaw. — II. Field near Dunscombe's "Wood {J. Sullivan) : 

 Annot. in Flor. Cork Eoxborough near Midleton: Flor. Cork. 

 Near the Owbeg, Castletownroche ( Ca/rroll) ; at Ballyannan, and 

 sparingly at Bridgetown Abbey: Allin's Cork. At EUlatty and 

 dlanworth near Pei-moy, but rare {T. Chandlee) : Cyh. Eoadside 



