342 OKCHIDE^. 



M atro-ruhens Schultz. 



E. ovalis Bab. — E. ruliginosa Koch.. 



Districts — — — VI. — VIII. — 



Lat. 52f°-53^°. Clare and Galway. Type, Intermediate (?). 



Crevices of limestone rock ; local. Fl. July. 



VI. Near tte summit of one of the highest Umestone mountains 

 inBurren, 1851: O'Mahony, i860. Abundant on the hiUs round 

 Ballyvaughan, and near Dromoland, Newmarket-on-Pergus, Clare : 

 Foot 1864. Wear Ballyryan, Clare, 1891 (P. £. O'Kelly) : Wats. 

 B.-Ex. C. Mep. i8g2. Abundant on the summit and upper slopes 

 of Cappana-waUia mountain near Ballyvaughan, 1895 ; N. C. — 

 VIII. Sparingly in a rocky valley near Cong : M.SfS. 18^6. 



The record in How's Phjtohgia, 1650, p. 57: — " 

 Jlore atro rubente 'Sdxk. . . . Found by Lysnegeragh. Mr. Heaton" 

 •should, perhaps, be referred to this plant. The locality, Lysnegeragh, 

 is probably near Eoserea in King's Co. 



From 300 ft. to 1000 ft. in Burren (iV. C). 



2. E. palustris Crantz — Mwrsh Selleborine. 



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



Lat. 52i°-55i°. From South to North. Type, EngUsh-British. 



Lowland. Bogs and moist grassy places ; rather rare. Fl. 

 June-July. 



I. Near Clogherbrian, Tralee, and by a small pool south of 

 Tarbert, Kerey : R.W. S. 1888 Sf iSgi. Feniter's Cove, Kerry: 

 Babington in Herb. — III. Plentiful in marshes in the Queen's Co. : 

 Mad!,. Bar. Wilton, Kilkenny {Rev. 8. Madden) : Cyh. Kilcomney, 

 Borris, Co. Carlow, 1896; Bev. T. Hartley. By the Barrow near 

 Tinuehinch Bridge, Queen's Co. : Mart i88j. — IV. Enuiskerry : 

 Jr. Flor. Grlencree, Co. "Wicklow {G. C. Ejyndman): Herl. Bab- 

 ington. Murrough of Wicklow {Moore) : Gyb. Eaven Point and 

 Cahore Point, Wexford: Hart i88z a.—Y. Foot of the Dublin 

 mountains, particularly near Stag's-town and Kingstown : TVade 

 Bar. At Johnstown near Kilgobbin {Br. Stokes) : Mack. Bar. 

 Near Howth : Ir. Flor. Portmarnock {Moore) : Cyb. Sj-Sart iSqy. 

 Glenasmole, Co. Dublin {Rev. C. F. d'Arcy) : Ir. Nat. iSgs. In 

 several places near BalHtore, Kildare ( Carroll) : Cyb. At Eivers- 

 town, Tiim, Co. Meath ; Miss Cwppage. Near Castle Bellingham, 

 Louth : Butler i8go. — VI. Along the shores of Lough Derg 



