276 coifiFEE^. [Juniperus. 



JUNIPEBUS Linn. 

 1. J. communis (Linn.) — Juniper. 

 Districts l--4-6-89-ni2 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Heathy and rocky places ; frequent, but local. Fl. May. 



The dwarf and usually procumbent form, which has been 

 distinguished as a species under the name of J. nana^ is 

 frequent in mountainous districts. 



Gbs. — Juniperus Sdbina (Linn.) is recorded by Dr. 

 Molyneux (Phil. Trans., No. 227) to have been found by 

 an apothecary on one of the islands in Lough Lane, Killarney, 

 and this statement has been quoted by subsequent writers ; 

 but Edward Lhwyd, in the same letter to Tancred Eobinson 

 which we have already quoted under Trifolium repens, says 

 " As for the' " Sabina," I doubt my friend whom I sent to 

 Kerie (whom I have not yet seen),wiU bring me no news of 

 it." There can be little doubt that the plant reported to Dr. 

 Molyneux by his friend the apothecary was some form of 

 Juniperus communis, especially as in the older writers the 

 name " Savine " is quoted as a name applied to Juniperus 

 communis var. nana. (See Ray, Cat. Angl.) 



PINUS Linn. 



1. P. sylvestris (Linn.) — Scotch Fir. 



Districts [1] 2? - - - - - 8 - (I'O) - - 



Lat. formerly 51°-56°,and throughout Ireland. Now 54°-55°. 



Type in Great Britain, Scottish. 



Bogs and mountains ; very rare, if not quite extinct in 

 the wild state. Fl. May, June. 



1. Formerly wild in the mountainous parts of Kerry, 

 where the Arbutus grows, according to Mr. Harrison, quoted 

 in Eay's " Synopsis," p. 442^ Dr. Smith also speaks of a 

 few small shrubs still remaining among the rocks in 1756. — 

 '2. Some trees on a hill-side at Coolnamuck, Waterford, near 

 Carrick-on-suir, are mentioned by Sir W. Wilde (Cat. Antiq. 

 E.I.A., p. 199) ; but Miss S. Grubb, of Glonmel, has heard, 

 upon good authority, that the seed was brought from Sweden, 



