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again by the lofty summit of Cummeenapeasta against the sky, is one 

 whicli I have never seen siirpassed in grandenr and beauty combined. 



The highest altitude at which I observed cultivation was at about 

 800 feet in the Hag's Glen, and 730 feet in Cummeenacappul on its 

 western side. But, while the base of the chain is mountainous in 

 character and undoubtedly part of the mass of mountains forming the 

 Eeeks, it seems unadvisable to set an artificial downward limit to my 

 enumeration of the flora of the chain. There is so interesting a low- 

 land flora in Kerry, that it seemed to me quite as important to note 

 how these species below were checked in their distribution on its 

 flanks by a mountain chain, as to study the range of the plants 

 amongst the mountains themselves. 



I have used, in my appended catalogue, the names of places as 

 given in the Ordnance Map. These are very scanty, so that I have 

 given the summits above the Lakes Cummeenmore, 3141 feet, and 

 Cummeenapeasta, 3062 feet, the names of these lakes respectively. 

 In adopting the names to be found on the Ordnance Maps, I did what 

 appeared to be necessary for purposes of reference; but the local 

 names are often quite different, and frequently the names on the Map 

 were quite unknown in the country. One advantage the Maps of this 

 district possess, namely, the levels above the sea of the mountain lakes, 

 which are given on the Six-inch Survey. In order to show that ane- 

 roid observations are sufficiently reliable, I append a list of the heights 

 of these lakes, as estimated by me on the spot, with those recorded by 

 the survey afterwards taken down in Dublin : — 



AXEKOID. 



Lake Googh, 



,, Callee, 



,, Gouragh, 



,, Curraghmore, 



,, Cummeenoughter, 



,, Cumloughra, 



„ Eighter, 



,, Acoose, 



1600 feet above sea level, 



1100 ,, 



1150 „ 



1000 „ 



2400 ,, 



1550 „ 



1500 „ 



500 „ 



SmtvET. 



1590. 

 1095. 

 1126. 

 1004. 

 2338. 

 1553. 

 1424. 

 507. 



The district examined yielded in all 220 species ; of these the fol- 

 lowing ten alpine plants belong to "Watson's Highland type : — 



Draba incana. 

 Sedum Rhodiola. 

 Hieracium anglicum. 

 Oxyria reniformis. 

 Salix herhacea. 



Carex rigida. 

 Pohjstichum Lonehitis. 

 Asplenium viride. 

 Isoetes lacustris. 



To these may be added the following sub-species : — 



Armeria alpina, 

 CocJilcaria alpina, 



Aira alpina, 



