458 EaUISETACE^. 



8. E. variegatum ScHeich.. — Variegated Horse-tail. 



Districts I. — III. — V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. — XI. XII. 



Lat. 52°-55i°. From Soutli to North. Type, Soottist. 



LoTrland. On lake margins, by canals and river sides, and on 

 damp, sandy ground ; rather rare. Frt. July- August. 



I. Damp oUffs on Paps mountain, Kerry: R. W. 8. i8go (asF«r. 

 "WmsoNi). — III. By the Baxrow near MountmeUick: Sort 1883. 

 Near Maryborough : Praeger i8g'j. In Queen's Co. near Athy ; 

 R. W. S, — V. Abundant along the Eoyal Canal, east of ClonsUla 

 {Moore) ; and near Glasnevin {More) : Cyh. Abundant at intervals 

 along the Eoyal Canal from Lucan station to Glasnevin, 1893 ; N'.C, 

 Along the Dodder river at Eathfarnham, and at Bohemabreena : 

 N.C.iSq^ — VI. By a pool on the "Hunting Course" field near 

 Castle Taylor, Gal-way {More) : Cyh. — VII. Canal near Mullingar 

 {R. W. Rawson) : Moore's Brit. Ferns, 1862. Edge of Lough Drin 

 and banks of canal near Killucan, "Westmeath : Levinge z8g<f.. By 

 the Tullamore river near Ballinagar, King's Co. : Praeger i8gy. — 

 VIII. Shores of Lough Bulard, near Eoundstone {More) : Ree. 

 Add. — IX. Shores of Lough Talt, Ox mountains, SKgo: N.O. 

 j8qb. — XI. By the Eske Eiver, and by Lough Eske, between 

 Ardnamona and the Castle, Donegal : Swrt 188^ y. 



To 1500 ft. in Keny {R. W. S.) ; but usuaUy lowland. 



The foregoing records are to be referred to Far. majtts Syme 

 here taken as the type. Many of them were originally attributed 

 to Far. VrLSom Newm., which there is reason to believe is confined 

 to KiUamey, but recent specimens from distiicts III., V., VII., and 

 IX., have been identified as Va/r. majtts, which is especially abundant 

 along the Eoyal Canal. 



Van-. ^iJaBNABiuM Newm. — ^V. On the sandhills at Portmamock 

 where it was first found by Dr. Taylor : Mach. Cat. 1825. Sand- 

 hills at Portrane, Dublin ■ {Moore) : Cyh. Sandhills opposite 

 Malahide, Dublin ; R. W. <S.— IX. Sandhills at MuUaghmore, north 

 of Ben Bulben, Sligo {Moore) : Cyh. — XII. Sandy shore at Benone, 

 MagiUigan, Derry : Moore MS. 



This variety is apparently quite rare in Ireland. 



Var. "WmsoNi Ifewm.—^l. Ditches bordering on the lake in 

 Muckross demesne, KiUamey ( W. Wilson) : Brit. Flor. Ms. II. and 

 IF. 1831 Sf j^'j.?,— and in 1885 : Linton 1886. Eoss Bay, KUlarney 

 Lakes, 1890; R.W. 8. 



