362 JUlfCACE^. [/uncus. 



Sea-level in Derry and in S. Cork. To 2200 ft. in Donegal, 

 and to 2400 ft. in Kerry {Hart) ; to 2860 ft. in 'Wioklow 

 {N. C). 



Var. PLTHTAifs Zamk — Tie submerged or floating jBliform 

 variety is not infrequent in stUl mountain lakes. It has been 

 observed in (I) Kerry, and (VIII.) Connemara hj More; in (VI.) 

 Clare by Moore ; in (XII) the Moui-ne mountains by Stewart Sf 

 Praeger ; and in (IX.) the Ox mountains by N. C. 



10. J. obtusiflorus Ehrh. — Blunt-flowered Rush. 



Districts I. — III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. — XI. XH. 

 Lat. 51f°-54^°. Throughout Ireland, probably. Type, English. 



Lowland. Boggy places, chiefly near the coast; rather rare. 

 Fl. July-August. 



I. Ifear Dingle, Kerry {Moore) : Rec. Add. Coast between 

 Camp and Tralee, Keriy : JSart 1884. By Barrow Harbour ; and 

 bog at Clogherbrian, Tralee : R. W. 8. 1888. Bog near Bandon : 

 Serl. Machay. — III. Wear Emo and Portai-lington, Queen's Co. : 

 Praeger z8gy. — IV. In marshy fields adjoining the Murrough 

 of "Wioklow ; and at KiUoughter about three miles north of 

 "Wicklow {Moore) : Cyh. — V. Shore east of Dollymount, Dublin : 

 Moore ^ More 18^8. Portrane ; Saggard ; and Garristown, Co. 

 Dublin : N. C. i8g^. Near Castlebellingham, Louth : Butler 

 i8go. Abundant south of Kildare town, 1897 ; Praeger. — VI. Salt 

 marsh at the mouth of the Creagh river, Clare ; Moore. Eoynes, 

 Limerick : Stewart i8go. — VII. Scraw Bog, Loughanstown ; 

 Eobinstown Tyn-ell ; and south-east end of Lough Owel, West- 

 meath : Levinge iSg^.. — VIII. Boggy slopes at foot of Urrisbeg 

 mountain, Connemara {More) : Rec. Add. At Slyne Head, 

 Galway, 1897 ; Barrington. In Co. Mayo, on sands near Bel- 

 mullet; and— IX. At Moyview; More. Feai- Lough-a-chree and 

 Dromore West, SHgo : N. C. i8gb. Bosses and BaUysodare, SUgo, 

 1897; Praeger. — XI. Washpool stream near Ballyshannon ; Cavan 

 Garden Lakes ; and elsewhere on limestone in south-west Donegal : 

 Sart 188^ y. — XII. Near the brick- works at Clough on the shore 

 of Dundrum Bay, Down, sparingly {Stewart): Cyh. Marshy 

 places on the Downs at Ardglass, Down {Rev. C. R. Waddell): 

 S.SrRj8gj. 



Not always distinguished from robust forms of J. acutiflorus, and 

 perhaps frequent throughout Ireland. 



