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by the Kerry scenery, and thereby this county became better searched. 

 I was able, however, to add several to the list for the district, and 

 others to the county Kerry flora. 



The peninsula lies along an east and west axis, in S. lat. 52° 1' 

 to 52° 20', and W. long. 9° 48' to 10° 40'. It is crossed by two 

 mountain ranges running north and south — the Brandon range from 

 Brandon Point to Dingle, with an elevation of 3127 feet, and the 

 Cahirconree range, nearer to Tralee, reaching 2796 feet at Baur- 

 tregaum. Of this latter group I have given an account in the Journal 

 of Botany for 1883. These two chief ranges are about 18 miles 

 apart, and the intervening space is of a wildly-irregular and pic- 

 turesque description, consisting of numerous isolated heights, glens, 

 and tarns, with one considerable cluster of mountains rising to 2713 

 feet at Benooskey. 



The coast line is for the most part precipitous ; the western and 

 southern portion from Cloghane to Anniscaul almost entirely so. The 

 rock formation of Brandon belongs to the Silurian group, and is 

 chiefly composed of grits, slates, and sandstones. The remainder of 

 the extreme promontory consists of an upper series of rocks of a 

 similar nature, known to geologists as the Dingle beds. The inner 

 or eastern part of the peninsula is formed of Lower Carboniferous 

 rocks, and here limestone is more frequently met with. The main 

 part of the barony is unreclaimed, and cultivation is chiefly to be met 

 with along the coast margin on the northern and south-western shores 

 and in the valleys. 



There have been several dubious and unverified records of plants 

 from this promontory, both from the mountains and from the sea coast. 

 With a hope to settle some of these, I walked the whole sea margiu 

 from Tralee to Castlemaine, as well as spending some days on and 

 in the neighbourhood of Brandon. My chief head-quarters were at 

 Castlegregory, Cloghane, Ballynagall, and Dingle. With the excep- 

 tion of Dingle, a visitor should make previous arrangements at these 

 places, and I would recommend him to enter the promontory with a 

 supply of provisions. At Ballynagall, a retired coastguard, who 

 gave me clean accommodation, told me no visitor had been there 

 except fish-dealers since Du JSToyer the geologist's time, and I found 

 this lonely spot, by the western flank of Brandon, the most delightful 

 in the peninsula. 



I will mention some of the most interesting species which have 

 been known as occurring in this part of Kerry ; these are — 



Lathyrus maritimus, Potamogeton nitens, 



Bartsia viscosa, Rhynchospora fusca, 



Sibthorpia europea, Carex punctata, 



Pinguicula grandiflora, Trichomanes radicans, 

 Euphorbia hyberna, 



and several alpine species, of which the rarest is Alcliemilla alpina, 



