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ispecimens. Professor C. C. Babington informs us that his specimen 
is too imperfect to be considered quite satisfactory. 
A. intermediim (Lange). A. pulens (Bab.) District 6. In the 
Isles of Aran; H. C. Hart 12. Common on the coast of Antrim;, 
where A minus has not been observed ; R. Tate. 
Centaur ea Scahiosa (Linn.) District 4, At Greystones near the 
church ; Mrs. G, Dixon, Roadside near Greystones ; Rev. J. H. J ellett. 
Shore at Kilkool ; H. C. Hart.--6. Between Galway and Athenry ; 
A. Stewart. Common in all three Isles of Aran ; H. C. Hart. 
[ Centaurea paniculata (Lam.) A single plant in a cultivated field 
ou the coast north of Rush; M. Dowd; 1870. No doubt accidentally 
introduced.] 
Carduus tenuiflorus (Curt.) — 3. Near Garryhundon, Carlow ; R, 
Clayton Browne. — 5. Roadside banks near the Hill of Tara ; A, G. M, 
Cardtms arvensis (Curt.) [Var. setosus (M. B.)~-ll. In a stubble- 
field by the River Lennon, near Kilmacrenan, Donegal ; Rev. T. Allin, 
The curious plant, gathered by Mr. Allin, at first sight looks like some 
hybrid, but it has the essential character of C. arvensis. The leaves 
are shaped somewhat like oak leaves } 
^Silyhm Marianum (Gaert.) District 6. On great Aran Island ;: 
H. C. Hart. — 12. Port Bradden and Toome Bridge and shores of Lough 
Neagh, three miles from Toome ; S. A. Stewart. 
XCieJiorium Intyhus (Linn.) — 2. Pield by the Blackwater, in Water- 
ford ; Rev. T. Allin. District 3. Near Ballyonskill, Kilkenny ; Rev. 
S. Madden. — 4. Occasionally at Fassaroe, near Bray; R. M. Barring- 
ton. — 12. On the mountains of Mourne; Harris' Hist, of Down. 
Thrincia hiria (D. C.) District 3. Common about Carlow ; R, 
Clayton Browne. District 7. Frequent about Parsonstown ; M. Dowd. 
District 12. Near Newtown- Breda and banks of Laggan, above Ward's 
Cottage ! D. Orr. The last is the station given foi Apargia Msfida, m 
Flora Belfastiensis.'* 
Var. arenaria (D. C.) Seaside sandhills at Courtown, Portraine 
and Gormanstown ; A. G. M. 
Apargia hispida (Willd.) — 4. Roundwood, and— 5. Lucan; A. 
G* M. Never seen in the north of Ireland by Mr. D. Orr, who believes 
that T. hirta has often been mistaken for it. 
Tragopogon pratensis (Linn.) District 3. Woodstock, Kilkenny ; 
Miss E. M. Farmer.— 4. Near Rathnew, Wicklow {T. majus) ; A. G.M» 
Fassaroe ; R. M. Barrington.— 5. Common at Straffan and Kilkea ; J. 
Douglas. 
Helminthia echioides (Gaert.) — 2. NearYoughal; Rev. T. Allin. 
District 12. Shore at north end of Island Magee, opposite Larne, An- 
trim ; S. A. Stewart and R. Tate. Shore of Belfast Bay, half a mile 
above Blackhead ; S. A. Stewart. 
Leontodon Taraxacum (Linn.) Var, paliistre (Sm.) District 10. 
Occasionally in Tyrone; Dr. Sigerson. — 12. Shores of Lough Beg (21 
udumf Jordan); S. A. Stewart, 
