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PLANTS FOUND IN KERRY. 118
C. pracox. Mr. Bennett tells me this form has been called Carex
mollis by Host. In occurred in some plenty on a boggy common.
Sisi/n)icJtiuiii (Diijustifulium Mill. Through the kindness of Lady
Godfrey, of Kilcolman Abbey, I received living specimens of this
plant, gathered near Milltowu, Kerry, early- last June. In Journ.
Bot. 1889, p. 86, I have described an unsuccessful search for this
plant in the above locality, and am glad, therefore, to see that the
Sisyrinchiwn still exists there, our failm'e to find it apparently
resulting from being a month too late.
In the following list, plants marked I. are additions to District
I. of the ' Cybele Hibernica ' and its Supplement.
lAquilegia vulgaris L. A plant or two at Blackwater Bridge,
Kenmare Bay,
^Barharea pracox E. Br. Eoadside near Kenmare.
Arabis sayiUata DC. The typical plant seems rarer in Kerry
than a form which approaches the var. (jlahrata of Syme ; the
latter is the common Kerry sandhill form, and has no doubt sometimes
been mistaken for A. ciliata. I have not yet gathered
typical A. sagittata on any of the numerous sandhiUs round this
coast.
Lepidium latifolium L., is recorded in Smith's ' Kerry ' as
occurring near the head of Kenmare Kiver. I searched the whole
of this rather vague locality last summer, without seeing a trace
of this conspicuous plant.
Ilaphanus maritimus Sm. I. In several places near Darrynane,
and sparingly near the Spa, Tralee, and Ballybuunion.
'^•Silene noctijiora L. I. A plant or two in a sandy field
Ballybunnion.
near
Arenaria serpyllifolia var. leptoclados (Guss.). Along railway
near Killarney.
FAatine hexandm DC. A common plant in most of the lakes in
the mountainous part of the county.
\Malva mosclmta L. Several localities around Kenmare, as
perhaps an escape.
along the River Roughty ;
Trij'olium striatum L. I. Limestone blufl", Kilfenora, Tralee
Bay.
\Prunm insititia L. Darrynane woods.
Rosa arvensis Iluds. By the River Flesk, Killarney ; Blackwater
Bridge, Kenmare Bay, &c. Not a common plant in Kerry.
Pyrus Aria var. rupicola Syme. This variety seems to be the
plant of the Killarney Lakes ; I have not yet noticed the type.
SaxiJ'raya (Ji'um L. I gathered a form of tliis plant with
crenate teeth in several places among the mountains between
Waterville and Darrynane, the extreme south-west corner of Kerry.
In this character the plant approaches nearer to the Spanish type
than to our usual Irish variety which has serrate teeth. Intermediate
states were, however, found with varying teeth and every
degree of hairimss. I found a nearly similar form more sparingly
near Tore Lake, Killarney. S. Iiir.suta L. Near Waterville;
Blackwater Bridge, &c. Not a rare plant, but much less frequent
than S. Geum ;
Journal ok
one may well hesitate, however, seeing the almost
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