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Sea-level ia N. Antrim and S. Cork. To 700 ft. in Dublin 

 [N. G.) ; but usually lowland. 



SCUTELLAEIA Linn. 

 1. S. galericulata Linn. — Greater Skull-cap. 



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



Lat. 51^9-55°. Tbrougbout Ireland. Type, Britisli. 



Lowland. Eiver-sides, bog drains, and stony or gravelly lake 

 margins ; widespread but local. Fl. July-August. 



I. and II. Not infrequent in Kerry and in Cork. — III. By the 

 Erkina river, Queen's Co., near its junction with, the ISTore : Hwrt 

 1885 8. In the demesne at Borris Castle, 1896 ; Rev. T. Hartley. — 

 IV. BaUykean, "Wicklow, 1881 ; Miss A. O. Kinahan. — ^V. Spar- 

 ingly by the Eoyal Canal east of Lucan, Co. Dublin {R.W. 8.) : 

 iV C. z8gj.—YI. At Miltown Malbay, Clai-e, 1830 : Harvey's 

 Memoir. "Wood at Ballycar, Clare : Stewart i8go. — VII. North- 

 west end of Lough Owel, Westmeath : Levinge i8g4. — VIII. Bil- 

 berry island. Lough Corrib, among the stones on the shore ; Eenvi 

 shore, Connemara : Wade Ra/r. In bog ditches and on shingle by 

 the shore near the mouth of the Cm ml in river. Gal way Bay, 1895 ; 

 Rev. W. Colgan. — IX. In crevices of the limestone south of Lough 

 Mask : M.SfS. i8gb. — X. Frequent, occurring in the counties of 

 Cavan, Fermanagh, Armagh, and Tyrone, chiefly on lake shores. — 

 XL Shore of Mulroy lake near Carrowkeel : Hwrt 18'jg. On 

 shingle by the shore between Killybegs and Fintragh : Ha/rt 

 188^ y. — XII. Derriaghy and Portmore woods, 1794 {Templeton) : 

 TFhitla MS. Rare in the North-East, but recorded for several 

 stations in Antrim, Down, and Derry : Flor. If.-JE. and S.SfP. i8g^. 



Nowhere an abundant species, and apparently rarer in the East 

 than in the West. 



S. Nicholsoni Taubert^^. galericulata x minor — I. At Mahdny's 

 Point, Killamey Lakes ; Levinge. 



2. S. minor Huds. — Lesser Skull-cap. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. — VIII. IX. — — — 



Lat. 51J°-64°. Southern half of Ireland. Ty^e, English- Atlantic. 

 Wet and boggy places ; frequent. Fl. July- August. Calci- 

 A. 

 I. and II. Frequent in Cork and Eerry. — III. Near Kilmacow, 



