308 POLTaONACE^. ^Polygonum. 



10. J P. Bistorta Liim. — 



Districts [L] [II.] III. - [V.] VI. [IX.] X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51|-°-55°. From Soutt to Norti. Type, British-Intermediate. 



Lowland. Moist pastures ; very rare. Fl. June-September. 



[I. In Sir T. Denny's Park near Tralee : Smith's Kerry. 

 Pield near Ballylickey, Baatry {Miss HutcMns) : Maeh. Ear. — 

 II. Near Lismore and TaUo-w on tte liill of Slatwood : SmitKs 

 Waterford.y—lll. In Captain MitcteU's ground by tbe brook near 

 Stradbally, 1732 : Annot. in ThrelTteU. In a damp meadow by the 

 river at Stradbally, Queen's Co. {T. Chandlee) : CyJ.— probably the 

 same locality as the preceding. A common weed in an old meadow 

 by the Barrow between Carlow and Maganey : Hart iS8j. — 

 [V. In a field at Ashtowii near Monkstown : Mack. Cat.']. — 

 VI. Banks of the Suck near Ballinasloe : Foot 1865. — [IX. Eoad- 

 side a little south of the town of Sligo : Flor. Ukt.^—X. IS'ear 

 Milltown, Tyrone (AdmiralJones) : Cyl. In a damp meadow near 

 Ely Lodge, Lough Erne, probably an escape : Ba/rrington 1884. — 

 XL Castle Wray, Letterkenny {Dean Owynn) : Sart 188 1 p. By 

 the Eeelan Water above Keelan Bridge ; Mrs. Leelody. — XII. Plen- 

 tiful on limestone about Springhill, near SConeymore, Derry : 

 Moore MS. In the meadows near the old castle at Shane's Castle, 

 Antrim {Moore) : Cyl. Abundant on the lawn at Eolwaughter 

 {Stewart) : Flor. N.-F. Shore of Lough Neagh at Langford Lodge, 

 Antrim {Rev. H. W. Lett) : S.S^P. iSgs- 



Formerly much cultivated and apparently introduced in all of 

 its stations, though naturalized in some. Not recently recorded for 

 Districts I. II. V. and IX. where it probably occurred as a casual 

 only. 



11. P. viviparum Linn. — Alpine Bistort, 



Districts I. — — _ _ _ IX. — XI. — 



Lat. 52J°-55J°. Kerry, Sligo, and Donegal. Type, Highland. 



Mountain pastures and wet rocks ; very rare. Fl. June-July. 



I. Jierasmore ridge, Brandon, Kerry : Sart 1884. — IX. On the 

 northern declivity of Ben Bulben, 1826: Murphy iSsg — and in 

 1884: 5.^ F. i88s. Glenade {Admiral Jones) : Cyb. Talus of Ben 

 Whisken ( C. Dickson) : Carry 1884. — XL Neai- the top of Bulbein 

 mountain, Inishowen : Sa/rt 1880, Slieve League ; S(wt 1883 y. 



