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ANCIENT AND UNVERIFIED KERRY RECORDS. 
By Reeratp W. Scurry, F.L.S. ~ 
Few Irish counties have been troubled with more erroneous 
records than Kerry. The beautiful scenery of this county, no less 
: : 1 
The result has been the accumulation of many records that cannot 
now be verified. Some of these are obvious errors, others probably 
the result of hasty determination, mixing specimens from other 
istricts, or writing from memory. 
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very little information can now be found concerning him. But, 
even allowing for the scarcity of works on Botany, and the general 
ignorance on the subject 140 years ago, it is hard to account for 
th into. 
s list of “rare and useful” plants growing in Kerry contains 
104 pre-Linnean formule ; turning these into modern phraseology, 
they seem to include 97 of the Phanerogamia and higher Crypto- 
50. Hypericum Androsemum. 18. Beta maritima. 
38. Geranium molle. 15. Sueda maritima. 
41. G. Robertianum. 53. Salsola Kali. 
7. Ilex Aquifolium, var. 97. Taxus baccata. 
84. Rubus Ideus. 79. Potamogeton pectinatus. 
19. Geum rivale. 44, Agrostis alba, var. 
75. Potentilla Comarum, var. 45. Aira precox, 
Rosa canina. ; 43. Agropyron repens, var. 
74. Saxifraga tridactylites. 5. Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum 
3. a rotundifolia, 21. A. marinum. 
Eryngium ritimum, 100. A. Trichomanes. 
tis nanthe crocata. 3. A, Ruta-muraria. 
37. Galium verum. 77. Scolopendrium vulgare, var. 
108. olidago Virgaurea, var. 28. Equisetum maximu 
\ a. Anthemis nobilis. 80. FE. palustre, 
‘Of. Lycopus europeus. iu. 
98. Tyree ahha | 92. Lycopodium Selago, 
