Arhutus.] EEICACE^. 221 



the lakes in the barony of Bere {Drummond) ; BaEyrizzard, Crook- 

 haven (£. W. Townsend) : Flor. Cork — not seen there recently. An 

 old tree on the -westem decliyity of Hungry HiU ; island on Lough 

 Inchiquin, south side of Eeninare Bay ( Ca/rroll) : Cyh. Near 

 Ardgroom {More) : AUm's Corh. Two or three old, half -dead trees 

 on the south side of Lough Currane : R. W. S. i8go. One old tree 

 on the Eeets helow Lough Gooagh : Sa/rt 1882. One tree on the 

 mountaias north of Lough Curraae, 1892; W. G. Seven trees in 

 rock-clefts on Adrigole mountain, and two fine specimens near 

 Adrigole village, ■ 1894 ; Phillips. Abundant on the shores and 

 islands of Killamey Lakes, 1896 ; but very rare, and fast becoming 

 extinct, outside the Killamey district ; R. W. S. 



To a little over 500 ft. in Kerry {Hwrf) ; but usually quite 

 lowland. 



First recorded by Parkinson in 1640. 



Confined in Ireland to a very limited area lying well within a 

 radius of 25 miles from GrlengarifE as centre. Not found in Great 

 Britain. Very rare in south-west France, where it reaches its 

 extreme northern continental limit below Lat. 46° in Charente 

 Inferieure ; abundant in the Spanish Peninsula and all along the 

 Mediterranean. The high northward range of tbis species in Kerry 

 exhibits in a striking way the peculiar climatic conditions which 

 obtain in South- West Ireland. 



AECTOSTAPHTLOS Adans. 

 1. A. Uva-ursi Spreng. — Bear-herry. 



Arlutus Uva-wsi Linn. 



Districts VI. ^ VIII. XL XIL 



Lat. 53°-55i°. "West and North. Type, Highland. 



Mountain heaths and stony pastures ; locally abundant. Fl, May. 



VI. " It spreads to a vast degree on the limestone rocks on the 

 Burren mountains " : Wade Ra/r. Abundant on the hills west of 

 Ballyvaughan valley, spreading as far as SUeve Elva : Foot 1864, 

 Abundant on the top of CappanawalUa mountain, west of Bally- 

 vaughan, Clare, 1895; iV. C Plentiful about Castle Taylor, 

 Galway : More i8jj. — VIII. Veiy common on the mountains of 

 Connemara: Wade Rar. In Co. Mayo, at Benwee Head, 1823, 

 and at Portacloy, 1863 ; Rt. Son. John Wynne. On Cor SUeve, 

 Erris [Moore) : Cyl, On Mweebea ; Nephin ; Nephin Beg ; Cur- 

 raun AchiU, and Achill Island, Mayo ; abundant on the Twelve 



