Saucifraga.] saxifeagace^. 115 



gerton, in Kerry, by Dr. T. Molyneux (Phil. Trans. No. 227, 

 1697), and was afterwards found in Mayo, Galway, and 

 Kerry, by Lhwyd (1699). 



2. ? S. Mrmta (Linn.) — Hairy Saxifrage. 

 S. Geum var. Brit. Flor. and Bentham. 

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Lat. 51°-53°. South-west of Ireland — Kerry and Cork only. 

 Hibernian type. Not found in Great Britain. 



Eocky places on mountains ; very local and rare. Fl. June. 



1. On rocks at the Gap of Dunloe, near KiUarney ; Flor. 

 Mb. On Brandon, plentifully ; D'. M. Connor hill, Kerry ; 

 and Hungry HiU, Cork; Bab. Man. On the Guogaun- 

 barragh mountain ; Flor. Corh. 



This occurs only in places where S. umbrosa and S. Geum 

 grow together, and is, by many botanists, considered a 

 hybrid between the two species. In the latest edition of 

 the " British Flora" doubt is expressed as to whether S. 

 elegans (Mackay) and >S'. Mrmta (Linn.) ought to be considered 

 as varieties of S. Geum, or as hybrids, or intermediates, uniting 

 S. Geum and *S'. umbrosa as one species. 



Found in Kerry, by Dr. Mackay, in 1804. 



3. S. Geum (Linn.) Kidney-leaved Saxifrage. 

 District l__--------- 



Lat. 51° — 53° South-west of Ireland — Kerry and Cork only. 

 Hibernian type. Not found in Great Britain. 



Eocky places on mountains ; very local. Fl. June. 



1. First found in Kerry by Dr. Mackay, in 1804. On 

 Mangerton, and other moimtains in Kerry ; Flor. Hib. On 

 the Blasquet Islands ; Mr. W. Andrews. Abundant on 

 Brandon mountain, and about KiUarney, &c. ; B. M. 

 Priest's-leap, and other mountains near Bantry; Connor 

 hai, near Dingle ; Fhr. Hib. Mountains between Guogaun- 

 barragh and Bantry ; Drummond. Hungry hill ; Flor. Corh. 

 Professor C. C. Babington believes that he found one 

 rather large patch of S. Geum on a small rock overhanging 

 the rill, by the second brook on the way from Maam to the 



