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3. P. nemoralis Linn. — Wood Meadow- Grass. 



Districts I. IV. V. VI. VII. — — _ — XII.. 



Lat. 51|°-55°. East and ISTortli-East, chiefly. Ty^^, Britisli. 



"Woods and tHckets ; rare. Fl. June-July. 



I. "Woods at Castle Bernard, S. Cork, 1897; Phillips. — 

 IV. Plentiful at the Dargle, "Wicklow : Mack. Cat. — V. Between 

 Luttrellstown ["Woodlands] and Lucan : TVade Ra/r. "Wall tops at 

 "Woodlands, 1893; in Lucan demesne, 1894; N. C. In Kildare, at 

 Ballitore ( Carroll) ; and near StrafEan {J. Bouglas) : Cyh. By the 

 river at Poulaphuoa, Kildare, 1896 ; and near N'avan, Meath, 1897 ; 

 R. W. 8.—Y1. "Woods at Ballyvalley, near Killaloe, Clare : iV C. 

 iSq'j. — VII. T6ps of old walls at Knock Drin, "Westmeath, 

 thoroughly established if not indigenoij.s : Zevinge i8q^. — XII. In 

 a wood on Knock-cree mountaiu, Down {John WTiite) : Wade Ra/r. 

 "Woods ahout Eosstrevor and wooded mountains about Enappen, 

 Antrim {John White) : Cyl. North branch of Grlenarve river about 

 five miles south-west of Cushendall, 1809 : Templeton MS. "Woods 

 and thickets about Limavady, Derry, but not common in the county: 

 Moore MS. Very rare in the jSTorth-East and not seen recently : 

 Mor. K-K 



4. P. pratensis Linn. — Smooth Meadow-Orass. 



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



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



Pastures, banks, walls, &c. ; common. Fl. June-July. 



Sea-level in DeiTy and S. Cork. To 1600 ft. in Derry {Cyh.); 

 to 2200 ft. in Tipperary, and to 3000 ft. in Kerry {Ha/rt). 



5. P. palustris Linn. — Ma/rsh Meadow-Grass. 



Districts — — — — V. 



Lat. 63° 40'. County of Meath only. 



Lowland. Eiver banks ; very rare. Fl. July. 



V. On the reedy northern edge of the Boyne at Beauparc, 

 Meath : Praeger iSg'j. 



The first record for Ireland. The only previously known station 

 for this critical plant in the British Isles is the banks of the Tay 

 below Perth where it was found in 1889. 



First found in Ireland by E. LI. Praeger in 1896. 



