328 SALICINE-ai. [Safe. 



and by the shores of Lough Neagh at Shane's Castle {8. Selix 

 Linn.) ; by the Bann near Coleraine, Derry {Moore) : Cyl. By 

 the Porth river ; at the base of Xnocklayd ; south of Gfiant's 

 Causeway, Antrim {Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. Broughshane ; Eash- 

 arkin; Kinbane Head; and Bushmills, Antrim; roadsides near 

 ¥pperlands ; and frequent on mountain roads above Draperstown,. 

 Derry {Praeger) : S.^F. i8qs. 



The majority of the earlier records are for Va/r. "FTnT.nr [Lirm.). 



POPULTJS Linn. 

 1. P. tremula Linn. — Aspen. 



Districts I. II. — IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. Xll. 



Lat. 53°-55i°. ISTorthem haU of Ireland, chiefly. Type, British. 



Woods, heaths, and rocky places ; local. Fl. March-April. 



Sea-level in Donegal. To 1450 ft. in Antrim {Templeton) ; tO' 

 1200 ft. in Down (&^ P.). 



Truly native in mountain glens and rocky places in the North 

 and West. Often planted in the lowlands and nowhere an abun- 

 dant species. 



OEDER LXL— EMPETRACE.ffi:. 



EMPETRUM Linn. 



1. E. nigrum Linn. — Crow-berry. 



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



Lat. 61f°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, Scottish-Highland. 



Mountain heaths, also on lowland bogs ; frequent and locally 

 abundant. Fl. May. 



Sea-level in N. Antrim and Kerry. To 2150 ft. in Donegal 

 {Emrt) ; to 2796 ft. in Down {Flor. Ukt.) ; to 3000 ft. in Wicklow 

 {Moore) ; and to 3300 ft. in Kerry {Bart). 



Rare at low levels, but occurs at Lisclogher Bog, "Westmeath, 

 about 270 ft. {Levinge 18^4) ; in Inishbofin and Inishtm-k, under 

 300 ft. {More iSyd) ; near sea-level at Finti-agh in Donegal {More, 

 Cyh.) ; on Brandon mountain, and at DeiTynane, and Kerry Head, 

 Kerry, to about sea-level {E. W. S. i8go and N. C), but is usuaUy 

 a mountain plant. 



