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110 PLANTS FOUND IN KERRY.
L. cernuiim L.—Near the summit of the Owen Stanley range.
(Warmer regions of both hemispheres).
L. davatum L.—Mount Musgrave and near the summit of the
Owen Stanley range. (CosmopoUtan ; temperate).
L. M'if/Juianuiii Wall.—Mount Knutsford and near the summit
of the Owen Stanley range.) Neilgherries, Ceylon, Java). Doubtfully
distinct from L. alpinum.
L. sciirimum Forst.—Mount Knutsfurd. (New Zealand, Australian
Alps, Tropical America).
L. rolnbU.e Forst.—-Mount Musgrave. (Peaang to New Zealand
and Polynesia). Not included in the new set of specimens.
Selaginellace.p..
Selaginella latifulia Spring. ? — Mount Musgrave. (Ceylon to
Polynesia).
EqUISETACEiE.
Equisctwn dch'de Eoxb.—Mount Knutsford, teste Sir F. Mueller.
(India to Fiji).
It will be seen the number of species of Vascular Cryptogamia
collected during the expedition was 70, and that of these 20
appear to be new and endemic. It is probable that, as Baron von
Mueller suggests, some of these came from a lower level than the
G-I flowering plants dealt with in his paper. The proportion
of novelties is, as might be expected, smaller in the ferns than in
the flowering plants, but to get so many new species as the result
of a single hurried visit, makes one expect great things when these
mountains can be explored more leisurely. As will be seen, most
of the fifty species already known are familiar characteristically
Malayan and Polynesian types. Cosmopolitan temperate types
are represented by Hi/menopltijllum timbridi/eiise, Aspidium aculeatum,
yepliyuilixim Filix-mas and Lijropodiuin clavtitam. In LycopodiaceJB
Li/ciipodiui)i Hamiltonil is a characteristically Indian, and L. vaiiuni
a characteristically Australian and New Zealand species.
PLANTS FOUND IN KERRY, 1889.
By Reginald W. Scully, F.L.S.
Most of the time I devoted to Kerry last summer was spent in
the southern or mountainous portion of the county, several weeks
being divided between Glencar Valley, Waterville and its vicinity,
and Kenmare Bay, more especially its northern side. A short
visit was also paid to Ballybunnion, a small seaside village lying
in the northern or comparatively level portion of Kerry. These
districts would repay further search, and I can only hope that other
botanists may be tempted to explore the more remote portions of
this and other Irish counties where much, I am sure, still remains
to be done.