322 CUPTTLIFEE^. [Quercus. 



aUEKCITS Linn. 



1. Q,. Robur Linn. — OaL 



MibermcS t)aip (Dorr). 



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



Lat. 51J°-65J°- Througliout Ireland. Ti/pe, Britieli. 



"Woods, glens, hedges, and rocky places ; common. M. April-May. 



Sea-level in Donegal and Cork. To 1480 ft. in Derry {Sort). 



The prevailing Irish oak is Q. pedunculata (Ehrh.). The fol- 

 lowing variety appears to occtu' only occasionally. 



Far. SESSiLiPioRi (Salisi.). — I. At Eallamey (More) : Bee. 

 Add. Islands in the Lee at Grearagh, near Macroom ; W. S. Shaw. — 

 III. By the Nore belo-w Abbeyleix : Swrt 1883 8. — IV. Sparingly 

 at Ballyarthur, "Wicklo-w; R. Bayly. — ^VIII. Island in Lough 

 Inagh, 1897; N'. C. — X. Banks of the Glenmornan river, Tyrone 

 {Br. Sigerson) : Eec. Add. — XL Cliff, by the Erne, near Belleek : 

 Sa/rt i88s y. — XII. In a few looaHties in Antrim {Moore) : Cyh. 



The oak was formerly exceedingly abimdant in Ireland as is shown 

 by the frequency of place-names with the prefix or affix, "deny." 

 It is now not common in undoubtedly wild stations. 



EAGUS Linn. 

 1. *F. sylvatiea Linn. — Beech. 



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



Lowland. Woods, hedges, &c. ; common, but nowhere native. 

 Fl. April-May. 



Extensively planted throughout the country, but freely repro- 

 ducing itself from seed, though rare in wild stations. 



OEDEK LX.— SALICINE-ffi. 



SALIX Linn. 

 1. fS. triandra Linn. — Ahnond-leamed Willow. 



Districts I. II. — VII. VIII. — X. — XII. 



Lat. 52i°-54|-°. From South to North. Type, EngKsh-British. 



Lowland. Hedges, plantations, &c.; apparently rare, and a 

 doubtful native. Fl. April-May. 



