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Hleracium orlmeles, W. R. Linton.— In some plenty on Bealalaw 

 bridge and more sparingly on rocks in the neighbourhood on both 

 sides of the Caragh river, 1906-07. Sparingly in two or three spots 

 about the Muckross shore, Lower Lake, Killarne5% 1904-07 

 Pyrola minor, Linn.— I. i Sparingly in a rocky wood near the 

 Caragh river, Glencar, 1907 ; Dr. Wood and R.W.S. The discovery 

 of this plant in Kerry is really due to Dr. Wood, an angling visitor to 

 the Glencar Hotel. When making his way through a dense tangle 

 of vegetation near the river his eye happened to be caught by a 

 solitary flowering spike. Fortunately this was gathered and brought 

 to me at the hotel ?iS.' Lily of the Valley.' A careful search was then 

 made, which resulted in the discovery of four or five plants only, two 

 of which, including that plucked, were flowering. No doubt a visit 

 to the locality earlier in the year, before the vegetation assumes such 

 dense proportions, would result in the discovery of this Pyrola else- 

 where in the neighbourhood. This addition to the Kerry flora is a 

 wide extension of the known range of this rare plant in Ireland ; 

 Tyrrell's Pass in Westmeath, where Dr. Moore discovered the plant in 

 1872, appears to be the nearest locality on record. 

 Chlora perfollata, Linn. — i. Rather abundant over an area some 

 hundred yards in length on the Ventry sandhills, 1905. The Rev. 

 W. Bently, now of Abbeyfeale, tells me he remembers finding a 

 small patch of this plant in the above locality when stationed 

 at Ventry some years ago. It is surprisingly rare in the county. 

 Lithospermum offlcinalej Linn. — In some plenty by the roadside 

 a little west of Lixnaw' bridge, 1907. This is only the second locality 

 known in Kerry for this species, which proves to be one of the rarest 

 lowland plants in the county. 

 Stachys amblgua, Smith {S. palustris x sylvatica). — 2. In a ditch on 

 the outskirts of Killarney (with the parents), 1904, and by the road- 

 side south of BallymuUan, Tralee, 1905. 

 Listera cordata, R. Br. — This little orchid reaches a height of 

 2,450 feet on the south-east slopes of the Purple Mountain, Gap of 

 Dunloe, the greatest elevation yet recorded for it in Ireland. As 

 might be expected, Kerry furnishes several instances of plants 

 attaining to unusual heights, thus Trifoliwn repejis, Hierachtni Pilosella, 

 and Urtica dioica were all gathered near the Punch Bowd on Man- 

 gerton at 2,200 feet ; in these latter cases the seeds were most pro- 

 babl}' derived from pony fodder brought up with tourists. 



Ophrys apifera, Huds A few^ plants on the lawn of Carriglea 



House near Killarney, 1904 ; the third Kerry station known. 

 SIsyrinchium angrustifolium, Mill.— Several fresh Kerry localities 

 have been found for this interesting plant. It occurs in very great 

 abundance in roadside fields in several places between Inch and 

 Boolteens on the north side of Castlemaine harbour, and is also 

 rather plentifiil on rough mountain pastures both north and west 

 of Castlemaine, ascending here to nearly 400 feet, 1904-05. The 

 more I see of the distribution of this plant in Kerry the more I am 

 inclined to consider it indigenous there. 



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