334 HTDEOCHAEIDEJE. {Syd/rocharis. 



Plentiful near Duleek and in Thomastown Bog, Meatt: Flor. 

 Sowth App. Abundant in ditohes by tbe Boyne near Slane, and 

 thence to Drogbeda {Moore) : Cyl. Plentiful roimd Castlebelling- 

 ham, Loutb : Sutler i8qo. — VI. In a marsb by tbe river Fergus, a 

 little above tbe bridge at Ennis : Mack. JRar. 1806 — and in 1886 : 

 Stewart zSgo. — ^VII. Plentiful in drains about Mullingar: Foot 

 j86j. Bog of tbe Linn near Mullingar ; Quarry Bog, Knock Drin ; 

 Scraw Bog, Lougbanstown and Ballynagall : Levinge i8g4.. 

 Doonis Lougb and Coosan Lougb, Lougb Eee, "Westmeatb : JB. ^ V. 

 i88y. — VIII. Turfy ditcbes about Ballinabincb, Connemara: 

 Wade Rmr. — not since recorded for tbis District. — IX. Rinanny 

 Point, Lougb Bee, Rosoonmion : B. Sf V. 188'j. — X. Near Cavan : 

 Flor. Sib. Belturbet {Moore): Cyl. Ifear Pettigoe, in Fer- 

 managb {Miss Young) : Ha/rt 188^ y. Near Derryadd Bay, Lougb 

 Neagb, Armagb {Rev. S. W. Lett) : Praeger i8gj. — XII. In the 

 drains at Portmore Park, 1793 {Templeton) : Whitla MS. In a 

 bog bole near Portalerry : Templeton MS. Abundant in some of 

 the drains near the little lake at Portmore : Mor. N.-F. Bog holes 

 at Gawley's GatCj west of Portmore {Praeger) : B. If. F. C. Proc. 

 1893-93. 



STEATIOTES Linn. 

 1. JS. aloides Linn. — Water-soldier. 



Districts I. — — — — — — — — X. — — 



Lowland. Ditches and lakes; local and very doubtfully 

 indigenous. Fl. July. 



I. Naturalized in BaUypbehane Bog, probably introduced by 

 Mr. Drummond: Flor. CorTc. Still at BaUypbehane, 1896; 

 Phillips.-^'S^. In a drain near Crum Castle on tbe banks of Lough 

 Erne, 1805 {Br. Scott); in drains by tbe side of the road near 

 Castle Sanderson, Cavan : Mack. Ear. Plentiful on the shores of 

 Lough Erne, from Drumgown in Fermanagh to Belturbet in Cavan ; 

 profusely where the canal joins Lough Erne ; also in lakes between 

 Belturbet and the town of Cavan {Moore) : JSTat. Sist. Rev. 18^9, 

 p. 15b. 



Also recorded for — V. Canal near Drogheda {Mmphy iSsg)'; 

 for — VI. or VII. Banks of the Shannon near Portumna {Flor. 

 Mil.) ; and — XII. Dams at Whitehouse {Flor. Ulst.) and Spring- 

 field {Flor. Bel/.), It has not been observed recently in any of 

 these stations and seems fully established only in the basin of Upper 

 Lough Erne. 



