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ERIOPHORUM Linn. 
E. vaginatum Linn. Hare’s-tail Cotton-grass. 
Districts I. 1. II. IV. V. VI. VIL VIIL Ix. 
Native. Moorlands, bogs and heaths, especially in mountain 
districts. Common, often abundant. Peren. April—May. 
Calcifuge A. 
From sea-level, as near Lixnaw, &c., to 2,756 feet on the 
summit of Mangerton (R.W.S.), to 2,776 feet on the Reeks 
(Hart), and to 2,796 feet on the summit of Baurtregaum, 
Slieve Mish range (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1857: Rev. W. M. Hind, Phytol., p. 98. 
E.angustifolium Roth. Z. polystachion Linn. Cotton-grass. 
Districts I. I. WI. IV. V. VI. VIE. VIII. IX. 
Native. Bogs, bog-pools and drains, and in swamps. Very 
common. Peren. May—June. Calcifuge A. 
From sea-level, to 2,756 feet on the summit of Mangerton 
(R.W.S.). ' 
First record in 1857 : Rev. W. M. Hind, Phytol., p. 98. 
E. latifolium Hoppe. EL. pubescens Smith. 
Districts I. OW. — IV. — VI. — — IX, 
Native. Boggy and swampy places. Rare and local, and 
seldom occurring in any abundance. Peren. May—June. 
Calcifuge A. 
I. Sparingly beside a small stream near the summit of the 
Priestsleap road, 1904; sparingly in the Roughty valley 
about a mile above Morley’s Bridge, 1908.—II. In several 
spots about the upper Waterville Lake and near the summit 
of the old Sneem road east of Staigue Fort : R.W.S. 1890.— 
IV. In one or two spots between the Glencar Hotel and the 
Caragh River, and in some plenty near the school house north 
of Bealalaw bridge, 1899-1911 ; on the banks of the River 
Laune about a mile west of Beaufort bridge : R.W.S. 1889. 
A few plants at the south end of the Gap of Dunloe : Druce 
1891.—VI. Sparingly on a wet bank near Laune bridge on 
the west side of the road, 1894; in a boggy swamp near 
Victoria Bay, West Park, Killarney, 1908—IX. Rather 
plentiful by a swampy pool about a mile south of Tarbert on 
the Listowel road : R.W.S. 1891, and in 1904. 
From sea-level near Waterville, to 1,350 feet near the 
Priestsleap road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
