A SKETCH OF THE BOTANY OF IRELAND. 801 
III.—Puants in IRELAND PECULIAR To CorK anD Kerry. 
Arbutus Unedo (West Europe and Mediterranean), Pinguicula 
grandiflora (Alps and Pyrenees). The next four all occur in Eng- 
which is nowhere so abundant as in Kerry and Cork; and m 
friend Mr Colgan has seen it growing, usually at an elevation of 
from 5000 to 6000 ft., in the Pyrenees, where, however, it does not 
attain so luxuriant a growth asin Kerry. Arbutus Unedo, so abun- 
dant at Killarney, occurs also, but more sparingly, in Co. Cork, 
about Glengarriff, &c. 
IV.—Restricrep to CuarE, Gauway, anp Mayo. 
Neotinea intacta (the locality on Lough Corrib just reaches 
Mayo). Daboecia polifolia, Erica mediterranea, E. Mackaii. All 
these heaths occur in the Spanish Peninsula, and Neotinea near 
Nice, &e. 
With the West Irish we place Euphorbia hyberna, which, like 
Sazifraga umbrosa, reaches to the north of Donegal, and grows, 
ot ‘*Makinboy,” as mentioned by some old writers, and it is still 
used for poisoning fish; its acrid milky juice, mingling freely with 
the water, stupefies all the unfortunate trout which come within 
the range of its influence. Its use, like that of quicklime by 
P 
cillatum, Carex punctata, Rhynchospora fusca, Helianthemum guttatum, 
as 
Asplenium lanceolatum, Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, H. Wilsoni, 
Bartsia viscosa, Viola Curtisii, Simethis bicolor. 
st interesting species occurring on the borders of our 
district : the rare little orchid, Neotinea intacta, which was dis- 
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covered myself and my sister, Miss F. M. More, nearly thirty 
rs a i : 
octopetala, Gentiana verna, Hieracium iricum, Selaginella selaginoides, 
Sesleria cerulea, and Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Neotinea intacta, and, 
