Ehooharis.^ CYPEEACE^. 387 



Point, Louth : Praeger iSgy. — XII. Sparingly by the shore half a- 

 mile east of Bangor, Down, 1867 {Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. 



Var. WATSomBab.—IY. MuiToughof Wicklow {J)r. B. Moore) : 

 Bab. Manual. 



3. E. nmlticaulis Smith — Many-stalked Spilce-rmh. 



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



Lat. 51 J°-56i°. Throughout Ireland, probably. Type, British. 



Spongy bogs, lake shores, &c. ; frequent. Fl. June-August. 



Sea-level in N. Derry and in Ken-y. To 925 ft. in Donegal, and 

 1150 ft. in Louth {Eari) ; to 2000 ft. in Kerry {Bruce i8gi). 



Apparently more frequent ia the "West than in the East, 



SCIEPUS Linn. 



1. S. pauciflorus Lightf. — Few-flowered SpiTce-rush. 



Districts I. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 52°-55J°. Erom South to North. Type, British. 



Margins of lakes, and in bogs and marshy places ; frequent. Fl. 

 May-August. 



Sea-level to 1000 ft. in Dublin {N. C.) ; but usually lowland. 



2. S. caespitosus Linn. — Scaly Spike-rush. 



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

 Lat. 51^°-55i° Throughout Ireland. Type, British- Scottish. 



Heaths and moors, especially in mountain districts; common. 

 Fl. May- June. Calcifuge A. 



Descends to 100 ft. in Antrim and in Eerry. Ascends to 

 2300 ft. in Donegal {EaH); to 2600 ft. in Down {S. Sf P.); to 

 2900 ft. in Wicklow {JSf. C.) ; to 3000 ft. in Kerry {More). 



3. S. parvulus Eom. & Schult. — Bwarf Spike-rush. 



S. nanus Spreng. 



Districts I. — — IV. —— — — — — — — 



Lat. 62^°-52f°- South- West and South-East, in Kerry and 

 "Wicklow. 

 Muddy estuaries ; very rare. Fl. July. 



I. Abundant along the tidal portion of the Cashen river near 

 Ballybunnion, Kerry, 1889 : R. W. S. z8go.—IV. Abundant at 



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