126 SAXIFEAGE^. \_Saxifraga. 



1882 a.. Woods in Valentia Island, 1892; N. C. Widely dis- 

 tributed througtout the mountainous portion of Kerry ; B. W. S. 

 Mountains between Gouganebarra, and Bantry, Cork {J. J)rum- 

 mond): Flor. Cork On Hungry HiU; by tbe Eagle's Fast, 

 G-lengariff; on Sheep's Head promontory; at Adiigole, &c. : 

 AllirCs Corh. By a stream at Berehaven and abundant at Adiigole, 

 1894 ; Phillies. — II. Eocks above Gurtaveha Lake near MUlstreet 

 {More) : Rec. AM. 



From sea-level (iJ. W. 8.) to 2650 ft. {Sort) in Kerry. 



First found by Lhwyd, in 1699, in Kerry. Mr. Britten 

 informs us that there is a specimen in Buddie's Rerl. {Herh. Sham, 

 exxiv. if) in the British Museum, labelled : A. B. Lhwyd in 

 Hibernid Collect. 



Far more restricted in its range than S. umbrosa, its area of 

 distribution in Ireland lying within a radius of about 35 miles from 

 Carrantuohil as centre. 



Va/r. HiBSTJTA [Linn). — I. On the east side of Mangerton and 

 on several other mountains ia Kerry, 1804-5 : Mack. Bar. On 

 rocks at the Gap of Dunloe, near Killamey, 1805 : Mack, Cat. 

 On Brandon, plentifully {Moore) : Cyl. By the -waterfall on 

 Hungry HiU, Bantry Bay, Cork, and on Connor Hill, Kerry, 1841 : 

 Bahington in Serh. Blaokwater Bridge, near Kenmare ; "Watendlle ; 

 Tore mountaia ; Slieve Mish mountains, &c., Kerry : B. W. S. i8go, 

 8fo. On the Gouganebarra mountains {J. Brummond) : Flor. 

 Cork. Near GlengarifE and on Priest's Leap mountain : Alliums 

 Cork. Ifeax Adrigole, 1894 ; pass of Keimaneigh, 1897 ; Bhillips. — 

 II. Freely on the mountains near Millstreet, Co. Cork ( Carroll) : 

 Allin's Cork. 



Intermediate between jS. Mwiro«a and S. Geum, though approach- 

 ing more closely to the latter. It is only recorded from stations 

 where both species grow together and is, perhaps, as many 

 botanists consider, a hybrid between the two, though this has never 

 been proved experimentally. 



Far. EiEGANS {Maokay) — I. On a rock near the summit of 

 Turk mountain, Killarney, 1805 : Mack. Cat. Connor Hill, 

 Kerry, 1841: Bahington in Herl. — ^in the same station, 1890; 

 B. W. S. 



Another form, marked by very blunt and shallow crenations of 

 the leaf mai-gin, seems quite as worthy of varietal distinction as 

 S. ELEQAiTS. It occurs iu rocky gullies at "Waterville, Derrynane, 

 and Brandon mountain and in woods at Valentia Island ; JSds. 



