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and Dublin. — ^VI. Plentiful near Limerick (Moore) : Rec. Add,. 

 Near KiUeany, Aranmore : Sa/rt 187^. Frequent near Portumna, 

 Galway, 1896 ; N. C— VII. In ■Westmeath aad Longford {F. J. 

 Foot) : Cyh. — VIII. Eoadside near Knoekbane ; field near Cong ; 

 and — IX. N'ear Lisloughrey, Mayo; Miss M. F. Jaohson. Near 

 Dromore -west, and at Castlerock, west of Tubbercurry, Sligo, 1896 ; 

 N. C. — X. At Enniskillen ; Stewart. By tbe railway at Newtown 

 Butler, Fermanagh, 1896; JV. 0. — XI. Leenane, Lough SwiUy; 

 between Ballysbannon and Bundoram, and in numerous other stations ; 

 very local in Donegal : Mart 1880 S^c. — XII. In many stations in 

 Antrim, Down, and Deny ; but not common : Flor. N.-E. 



Abundant by the sea in many places ; usually rare, and appar- 

 ently introduced, inland. 



CUSCUTA Linn. 



1. I C. Epithynnim Murr. — Thyme Dodder. 



Districts I. II. — IV. V. VI. — — XI. — 



Lat. 52°-55i°. Southern half of Ireland, chiefly. Type, English. 



In sandy ground near the sea; rare and doubtfully native. 

 Fl. July-September. 



I. Banua sand-hills, Kerry, 1887: B.W. S. 1888 (as C. Tri- 

 folii). — II. In considerable abundance at the west end of the sand- 

 hills on the Eabbit Burrow near Tramore, "Waterford, 1886-92 

 {J. E. GrubV) : Jowrn. of Bot. i8g2, p. 14. At the CHfE-road near 

 Tramore, 1892, and on the Cunnigar, Dungarvan, "Waterford, 1893 ; 

 J. E. Crrubl. — XI. Several patches in natural ground near Eossa- 

 penna hotel, Donegal [Ha/rt) : Jowrn. of Bot. i8g6, p. ^gg. 



To this species shoxdd perhaps be referred the record in 

 ThrelheWs Synopsis under Cuseuta major : "This Herb groweth in 

 great Plenty on the dry sandy Banks near Mayden tower near 

 Drogheda and grows like red Threads on the Tops of the low 

 Grass." No Cuscuta, however, has since been discovered in 

 Threlkeld's locality though sought for by many botanists. 



Far. Tbifolii (Bab.) — II. Near Midleton, occasionally : AUin's 

 Corh. — IV. Quite established in clover fields at Fassaroe near Bray 

 {Barrington) : Rec. Add. At BaUyarthur, Co. Wicklow, 1889; 

 R. Bayly. At Aughnaclappa, "Wexford : Moffat i88g. Abundant 

 in a field near Alderton, Wexford: B.-H. Sf G. z8go. In fair 

 quantity at BaUycarrigeen near Ferns, "Wexford, 1893-96 ; G. E. J. 



