PLANTS FOUND IN KERRY. 115 



Reeks ; and at 1400 ft. near "Waterville. A rare plant in Kerry, 

 where P. grandiflora takes its place. 



-•Mentha sylvestris L. In the stream below Caberdaniel, Darry- 

 nane. — \M. Pulegium L. By the town wells at Kenmare. 



Origanum vulgare L. On limestone about Kenmare ; rare in 

 Kerry. 



Calamintha Clinopodium Bentb. On a limestone knoll between 

 the Middle and Lower Lakes, Killarney ; a very rare plant in Ire- 

 land. — C. officinalis Moench. On limestone about Kenmare. 

 -'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 Willd. In several places about sea-level near 

 Darrynane, with Empetrum nigrum. 



Habenaria albida R. Br. Sparingly in Glencar Valley. — H. 

 viridis R. Br. Widely spread over the county, but a rare plant. 



Simethis bicolor Kunth. 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 into every shape, or apparently 

 eaten off by sbeep. The Rev. E. F. Linton kindly sent me a 

 specimen of the Bournemouth Simethis, which seems a much more 

 slender and delicate plant than the usual Kerry state. 



I Allium Scorodoprasum L. Very abundant in the Darrynane 

 shrubberies, and sparingly near an old castle at the head of 

 Kenmare Bay. 



Juncus tenuis Willd. Kenmare Bay (already noticed). 



Potamogeton polygonifolius Pour., " submerged form." In 

 many of the Kerry mountain streams. — P. rufescens Schrad. 

 Caragh Lake and River. — P. nitens var. latifolius Tis. River 

 Laune. — Var. salicifolius (Fr. ?). River Laune. — P. pralongus 

 Wulf. Near Victoria Bay, Lower Lake, Killarney ; this is also 

 recorded from the Kerry Blackwater, I fancy in error. 



Eriocaidon septangulare With. Very abundant in the Cloonee 

 Lakes and other lakes about Kenmare Bay. 



Scirpus parvulus R. & S. Near Ballybunnion (already noticed). 

 — S. rufus Wahlb. Darrynane estuary, 



Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe. Glencar Valley and near Staigue 

 Fort, Kenmare Bay. 



Rhynchospora fusca R. & S. A common plant in south Kerry ; 

 rare in the north of the county. 



Carex dioica L, Glencar Valley ; near Sneem, Kenmare Bay, 



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