278 LABIATE. \_Mentlia. 



of tlie Curley bum, and on tie roadside near Muff, Deny : Moore 

 MS. By tlie rivulet near Carnmoney Churcli {Mr. Orr) ; shore of 

 Lougi Neagi at Massareene Park {Dickie): Flor. Ulsf. Still 

 plentiful by tbe stream west of Carnmoney Churcli, and near 

 Antrim on the gravelly shore at the river mouth ; well naturalized 

 a not indigenous in the North-East : Flor. JV.-H. Plentiful by the 

 old road between BaUynahinch and Drumaness, Down {E. Scmna) : 

 S. 8^ P. 1893. _ 



Like the preceding species, no doubt derived in all cases from 

 cultivation, but perhaps more fully naturalized. 



3. jffl. hirsuta Huds. — Common Water Mint. 



M. aquatica Linn. 



Hihernici TTIipimiTi beapg {MisMmeen dharrig), Bed Mint. 

 District I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XU. 

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



Watery -places ; very common. Fl. August-September. 



Sea-level in ^. Donegal and S. Cork. To 1050 ft. in Dublin 

 {N. C). 



4. M. sativa Linn. — Marsh Mint. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. — VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XU. 



Lat. 51^°-65J°. Throughout Ireland, probably. T^jpe, British- 

 English. 



Lowland. Wet places, river banks, &c. ; frequent. JFl. July- 

 September. 



Probably occurs throughout Ireland, but is often overlooked or 

 confounded with the preceding species. 



Far. PAitroosA {Sole) — I. Near Boss Bay, Xillamey Lakes : 

 £. W. S. 1888. — XII. Limavady junction, Derry {Mrs. Leelody) : 

 Stewart i8g^. 



Va/r. SUBGLABEA Balcev — I. Lower Lake, Xillamey : R. W. S. 

 1888. — VII. Philipstown, Bang's Co. ; and — XII. Enock Iveagh, 

 Down {Bev. H. W. Lett) : Wats. £. Ex. C. Rep. i8gs- 



Far. BOTEA {Smith) — I. By the South Bride, Cork; and — 

 III. BaUintrain, Carlow ( Carroll) : Cyh. — IV. Clohass Bog and 

 Bloomfield, "Wexford {Miss E. M. Farmer) : Bee. Add. — The 

 numerous other records for this variety to be found in. Ir. Flor., 

 Flor. Hih., &c., need confirmation; 



