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PLANTS FOUND IN KERRY. 115
Reeks ; and at 1400 ft. near Waterville. A rare plant in Kerry,
where P. grandifiora takes its place.
''Mentha sijlvestris L. In the stream below Calierdaniel, Darry-
nane. \M. Puhgium L. By the town wells at Keumare.
Origanum vulgare
Kerry.
L. On limestone about Kenmare ; rare in
Calamintha Clinopodmm Benth. On a limestone knoll between
the Middle and Lower Lakes, Killarney ; a very rare plant in
land. C. officinalis Moench. On limestone about Kenmare.
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'•Polygonum arifolium L., I. Kenmare Bay (already noticed).
'^Salix pentandra L. Not rare in hedges about West Cove and
Sneem, Kenmare Bay. — S. Smithiana Willd. Common in the
county.
Juniperus nana WiUd. In several places about sea-level near
Darrynaue, with Empetrum nigrum.
Habenaria alhida R.Br. Sparingly in Glencar Valley. — H.
viridis R. Br. Widely spread over the county, but a rare plant.
Simethis bicolor Kuuth. My visit to Darrynane last summer
was too late to find this plant in perfection. By the tenth of July,
several weeks of hot weather had burnt most of the plants to a
light-brown, a tint that aided me materially in discovering the
Simethis elsewhere. This plant seems to love exposed cracks in
the rocky knolls, and sometimes grows in such situations with
leaves more than sixteen inches long by a third of an inch broad.
I found it still flowering, only on the west side of the Abbey
Island, on a slope exposed to the Atlantic. The Simethis grew
here plentifully, but very stunted, pushing its way through a
dense prostrate undergrowth of Ulex and Erica, above which its
leaves were bent and twisted
eaten off by sheep. The Rev.
into every shape, or
E. F. Linton kindly
apparently
sent me a
specimen of the Bournemouth Simethis, which seems a much more
slender and delicate plant than the usual Kerry state.
lAllium Scurodojirasum L. Very abundant in the Darrynane
shrubberies, and sparingly near an old castle at the head of
Kenmare Bay.
Juncus tenuis Willd. Kenmare Bay (ah'cady noticed).
Potamogeton polygonifulius Pour., " submerged form." In
many of the Kerry mountain streams. — P. rufesccns Schrad.
Caragh Lake and River. — P. nitens var. latifolius Tis. River
Laune.— Var. salici/oliiis (Fr. ?). River Laune. — P. prmlongua
Wulf. Near Victoria Bay, Lower Lake, Killarney ; this is also
recorded from the Kerry Blackwater, I fancy in error.
Eriocaulon septangulare With. Very abundant in the Cloonee
Lakes and other lakes about Kenmare Bay.
Scirpus panmhiH R. & S. Near Ballybunnion (already noticed).
— S. ru/iis Wahlb. Darrynaue estuary,
Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe.
Fort, Kenmare Bay.
Glencar Valley and near Staigue
Rhgn