428 GEAMINE^. [Festuca. 



KiUoTigt, Down; and Magteramome, Antrim {Praeger): S.SfP. 



iSgs- 



Sea-level in Antrim and S. Cork, to 800 ft. in Dublin (iV. C.) ^ 



but usually lowland. 



Common in the Soutb, in tbe East, and in the midlands ; in- 

 frequent in the West ; and rare in the extreme North. 



2. F. rottbcellioides Kunth — Dwwrf Sea- Fescue. 



Sclerochloa loliaoea "Woods — CatapoMum loliaceum Lini — Besma- 



zeria loliaoea Nym. — Triticum loliaceum Smith. 

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

 Lat. 51^°-55i°- Coasts of aU. Ireland. Type, English. 



Sandy and gravelly seashores, walls, &c. ; rather frequent but- 

 local. Fl. June-July. 



3. F. uniglumis Soland. — Single- ghtmed Fescue. 



Vulpia uniglumis Echb. — V. memlranacea Link. 



Districts — — — IV. V. — — — — — — — 



Lat. 52^°-63f°. East coast of Ireland. Type, English-Atlantic. 



Sandy seashores ; local and rare. Fl. June. 



IV. Sandhills south of Cahore Point; at Courtown; and at 

 Eaven Point, "Wexford : Ha/rt i88i a. Sandhills from Courtown 

 to Aiklow, and northwards to Eockfield, "Wicklow {More) : Rec. 

 Add. — V. Portmamock sands, 1824: Mach. Cat. Sandhills at 

 Portrane near Malahide, and on the south side of the Boyne near 

 Drogheda {Moore) ; Ireland's Eye, opposite Howth {More) : Cyb. 

 On Howth, 1891 ; Zevinge. Sandhills at Baltray, Louth : Praeger 

 i8g7. 



4. f F. Myuros Linn. — Capon' s-tail Fescue. 



Vulpia Myu/ros Gmel. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. — — IX. — — — 



Lat. 51i°-53^°. South and Middle of Ireland. Type, EngHsh. 



Lowland. "Walls and dry banks ; not infrequent, but local* 

 Fl. June. 



I. "Walls at Dingle and Milltown, Kerry {More) : Rec. Add. 

 Xillarney ; Tralee, &o. ; widely distributed in Eerry : R. W. S. 

 i88g. Near Skibbereen and Baltimore, Cork ; and — II. Glanmire ; 

 Carrigtuohill, &c. ; Phillips. Fermoy : Serh. CJ^andlee. Tipperary 

 and Fethard; R.W. S.— 111. Ferrybank, Kilkenny: M. ^ S. 



