52 HYPERICINE. [Hypericum 
H. humifusum Linn. 
Districts I. IL. Il. IV. V. VI. VI. VIII. IX. 
Native. On dry or stony banks and on heaths. Rather 
common, but nowhere an abundant plant. Peren. June— 
September. Calcifuge B. 
From sea-level, to 925 feet on Connor Hill, and to 975 feet 
on Drung Hill, Glenbeigh (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1882: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
H. pulchrum Linn. 
Districts I. IJ. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Heaths, dry banks, &. Common. Peren. June— 
August. Calcifuge B. 
From sea-level, to 2,300 feet on Mangerton (#.W.S.), 
and to 2,440 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1844: 8. P. Woodward, Phytol., p. 878. 
H. elodes Linn. Flodes palustris Spach. 
Districts I, II. TW. IV. V. VI. VOT. VII. IX- 
Native. Wet spots about bogs, boggy ditches and streams: 
Common and locally abundant. Peren. July—August- 
Calcifuge A. 
From sea-level, to 975 feet on the Reeks (Hart), and to 
1,050 feet in the Slaheny valley (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1844: 8. P. Woodward, Phytol., p. 878. 
This is a very characteristic plant of the Kerry bogs and 
swamps. 
(H. nirsutum Linn.—III. Glanleam, Valencia (Rev. S. 
Madden) Cyb. 1866. This plant has not been seen there 
since, and the record was no doubt an error. As at present 
known it is confined in Ireland to a few of the eastern 
counties, the nearest locality known being nearly two 
hundred miles distant from Valencia Island. ] 
MALVACEAE. 
ALTHA‘A Linn. 
A. officinalis Linn. Marsh Mallow. 
Districts [I.] I. WI. — V. [VI] VII. VIII. Ix. 
Alien. Banks and damp places near the sea, usually in the 
neighbourhood of houses. Thinly scattered round the coast, 
very rare inland. Peren July—September. 
