416 GEAMINE^. [Aprostis. 



2. A. alba Linn. — Mwrsh Bent ; Fiorin. 



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



Lat. 51^°-55i°. Thi-ougtout Ireland. Type, British. 



Moist meadows and pastures, and rocks by the sea ; common. 

 Fl. July. 



Sea-level in N. Derry and S. Cork. To 1000 ft. in Donegal and 

 to 1650 ft. in Kerry {Ra/rt). 



3. A. vulgaris With. — Fine-lewved Bent. 



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



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



Dry pastures and heaths ; common. Fl. July. 



Sea-level in N. DeiTy and S. Cork. To 2460 ft. in Donegal 

 {Flor. Ulst.) ; to 2680 ft. in Mayo, to 3000 ft. in Wicklow, and to 

 3400 ft. in Kerry {Ea/rt). 



Var. PTJMiLA {Linn.) — I. Not rare in S. Kerry; and — VI. If ear 

 Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick; R.W.S.—Ylll. On Inishbofin; 

 frequent on the higher parts of the hills : More i8'j6. — X. At Cam 

 Lough and on the railway south of ISTewry, Armagh: Praeger i8g^. 

 Hay Island, Lough Erne; Praeger. — XII. Sandhillsat Newcastle, also 

 on Slieve Bingian and Eagle mountain, Down, reaching to 1600 ft. : 

 8.8fP.i8g2. BaUycastle; Magilligan; Kilrea, &c. : S.^.P.iSpj. 



CALAMAaEOSTIS Adans. 

 1. C. Epigeios Eoth — TFood Reed. 



Arundo Epigeios Linn. 



Districts — VI. — VIII. — _ — XII. 



Lat. 63°-55°. West and North. Type, English-British. 



Lowland. Moist, rocky thickets ; very rare. Fl. July. 



VI. Near Killeany, Aranmore Island, in two places, 1869 [Hart) : 

 Rec. Add. Near Killeany {Miss M. C. Knowles); near Port Cowrugh 

 and frequent, at intervals from Port Murvy to the Seven Churches, 

 Aranmore : Praeger iSg^. — ^VIII. Sparingly on rocky banks near 

 the harbour, Inishbofin : More iS'jb. — XII. Shady, moist, rocky 

 places on Eormoyle HiU, parish of Dunboe, Derry : Moore MS. If 

 Flor. Sib. — appai'ently extinct here : 8. Sj- P. z8gj. Between 

 Maghera and Grarvagh, Derry (Moore) : Cyl. 



First found in Ireland by David Moore in 1835. 



