76 NOTES ON SOME KERRY PLANTS. 



hills meet a boggy flat. On rocks at both sides of the entrance to 

 Barrow Harbour, Statice occidentalis occurs, a plant probably new to 

 district 1 of the Cyb. Hib. Around the harbour I gathered Statice 

 ranjiora and (Enanthe Lachenalii in several places with Silybum, 

 Brassica nigra, Rubra peregrina, Lepigonum marginatum, L. rupestre, 

 Juncus obtusiflorus, Car ex extensa, Lepturus filiformis, and Aspleniwn 

 marimun, while among the crops I noticed Papaver (labium, Caucalis 

 nodosa, and Scandix Pecten- Veneris. Asperula cynanchica and Senecio 

 Jacobaa var. j/osculosas are common plants all along this coast. 

 Resuming our walk at the east side of the entrance to Barrow 

 Harbour, Orchis pyramidalis was noted in three spots between this 

 and Rahaneen, where more Statice rariflora and Silybum occur near 

 an old castle. Rahaneen is a wide, but shallow, bay, nearly empty 

 at low tide, but intersected by dangerous quicksands. Rounding 

 this, a nearly straight line of sandhills runs all the way to Bally- 

 heigue, about six miles of heavy tramping. Along the land side of 

 these sandhills, Trifolium fragiferiim occurs abundantly in many 

 spots, Viola Curtisii, Calystegia Soldanella, Ohenopodium rubrum, 

 Orchis pyramidalis, and Phleum armarium were also noted. Four 

 miles of this dreary sandhill waste brought me to a very curious 

 and unexpected find, namely, Cuscuta Trifolii growing on stunted 

 Lotus corniculatus ; it occurred abundantly over the space of an 

 acre or two, on a low-lying sandy flat, not a stone's throw from the 

 sea. The Lotus and sandy grass on this storm -swept spot rarely 

 exceeded an inch or two in height. Hitherto this plant has been 

 known in Ireland only as a colonist near Bray ; here it is probably 

 an escape from a shipwreck, or from some crop on the Ardfert 

 farms about four miles distant. Beyond this lies Akeragh, a semi- 

 tidal lake about two miles round. Blysmus rufus, a northern plant 

 first shown to extend to Kerry by Mr. H. C. Hart, occurs here 

 luxuriantly ; Trifolium frayiferum is again abundant, with (Enanthe 

 Lachenalii, Ohenopodium rubrum, and Carex externa. Nothing of 

 interest was noted hence to Ballyheigue, except the profusion of 

 Senecio Jiosctdosus. Diotis and Peucedanum are recorded from here 

 in Smith's Kerry ; I could find neither ; they are probably errors 

 for perhaps Eryngium marinum and (Enanthe Lachenalii, both of 

 which are very abundant in this locality. On my way back to 

 Tralee, I noted near Ardfert Inula Hc/enium and abundance of a 

 hybrid thistle, unfortunately too far past flowering to be satis- 

 factorily identified. 



A day spent in the Clogherbrian bogs, a mile north of the Spa, 



gave me Pimpinetla major, abundant Galium uliginosinn, a very rare 

 Irish plant, new to this district, Epipactis paiiistrU, Juncus ohtitsi- 

 /lurus, Cm-ex dioica and C. teretiuscula in the lower bog, while in 

 the upper more Galium uliginomm occurs, with Pinguecula grand*- 



flora, l\ lusitanica, liartsia ' riscosa, Carex dioira, and C. paniaiiata. 



Between Clogherbrian and the Spa Althaa officinalis and Inula 

 Helmium were noticed near some houses, with Funliola, Verbascwn 



Thapsus, and Carex riparia. 



Another day spent inland to the east of Tralee, gave Carex 

 strigosa, by the roadside near Chute Hall, a plant new to this 



