Orohanche.'] OEOBANCHE^. 271 



4. * 0. minor Sutt. — Lesser Broom-rape. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. _ _ _ XII. 



Lat. 5H°-54f°. From Soutti to North. Ti/pe, EngHsi. 



In clover fields ; locally abundant Fl. June-Octotier. 



I. At Eattaroon near Ballinadee : AUin's Carle. Castlefreke 

 and Eilkem, 1890; Kinsale, 1891; Phillips. Abundant in old 

 pastures round Clonakilty ; and — II. At East Terry; Midleton; and 

 Tougbal {Phillips) : Ir. Nat. iSg^, p. 23. Near Trabolgan {T. 

 Wright) ; near Agbada ( Ca/rrolT) : Cyh. At Dungarvan, "Water- 

 ford ; J. Britten.— HI. Hear Browne's HiU, Carlow, 1878; E. 

 Clayton Browne. — lY. In two fields at Spring Hill, Enniscorthy,, 

 "Wexford, 1868 {J. Morrison): Eec. Add.—&t^ there in 1890; 

 Barrington. Thoroughly established by the coast near Xilmuck- 

 ridge, "Wexford ; left bank of the Slaney above Bally camey, 

 and near Scarawalsh Bridge : Sart 188 1 a. Plentiful round Bally- 

 camey, 1887-96 ; G. H. J. Greene. About Ejlmanock and Alderton, 

 "Wexford: B.-S. ^ G. i88g. Abundant about Ballyhyland, 

 "Wexford; first observed here in 1868, and now very common in 

 clover fields : Moffat i88g. — V. In Co. Dublin, on Shennicks island, 

 Skerries, 1893 {Rev. W. Colgan); abundant at Malahide and at 

 Portrane, 1894 : iV". C. i8g3 Sf iSg^. Near Castle Bellingham, 

 Louth: Butler i8go. Near Athy, Kildare; L. McDonnell. — 

 XII. Abundant near BaUylesson, Down, 1881 (C. Bixon) : Flor. 

 N.-H. Abundant by the sea at Craigavad, Down, 1892-93 {H. C, 

 Marshall): 8.§-P. i8gs. 



Spreading rapidly in Ireland where it appears exclusively on 

 Trifolium, pratense. No doubt originally introduced with clover- 

 seed in aU its stations, but now fully established. 



Eirst observed in Ireland about 1866. 



LATHE^A Linn. 

 1. I. Squamaria Linn. — Tooth-wort. 



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



Lat. 51|-°-56°. Throughout D-eland, almost. Type, English. 



Lowland. "Woods and thickets, parasitical on roots of trees; 

 rather rare. Fl. April-May. 



I. Eoss Island, KiUarney : R. W. S. 1888. Near Desert, Cork 

 ( C. Longfield) ; AUin's Cork. — II. By the river side near Blarney ; 



