■Juncus.] JTJlSrCACE^. 359 



Sea-level in Derry and in Kerry. To 2150 ft. in Donegal 

 {Mart); to 2500 ft. in Down {8. Sj-F.); to 3000 ft. in "Wicklow 

 (iV. C.) ; to 2680 ft. in Mayo, and to 3300 ft. in Kerry {Eart). 



The highest ranging of the Irish Eushes and common on almost 

 ■aR flat mountain tops throughout the country. 



3. J. Gerardi Loisel. — Round-fruited Rush. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. — VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51^°-55J°. Coasts of all Ireland. Type, British. 



Salt-marshes and wet places near the sea ; frequent and locally 

 abundant. Fl. June-August. 



Our plant appears to be in all cases J. Gerardi (Loisel). True 

 -J. compressus (Jaoq^.) has not yet been ascertained to occur in 

 Ireland. 



4. t J- tenuis Willd. — Slender Rush. 



Districts I. — — — — VI. — — — — — — 



Lat.x51^°-53°. South- West and West. Cork and Kerry, chiefly. 



Lowland. Damp roadsides and beaten tracks, also in woods ; 

 locally abundant. Fl. July. 



I. By the old road between Caherdaniel and Sneem, one mile 

 inland ; ia two places by the sea about two miles west of Ken- 

 mare, Keny {R. W. S.) : Journ. of Bot. i88g, p. jjj. By the 

 Kenmare and GrlengarifE road, Kerry, about eight miles from Ken- 

 mare and five miles from the nearest sea; in great abundance in the 

 station west of Kenmare, over an area of three-quarters of a mile 

 by a quarter of a mile : R. W. S. i8gi. In great abundance 

 about Croanshagh bridge near Dereen, and at intervals over an 

 -area more than five miles in length from Lehid to the Co. Cork 

 boundary; along an old mountain road in Co. Cork between 

 Adrigole and Dereen, ascending to fully 500 feet ; R. W. S. 

 Sparingly in woods at Millcove, Castletown, and at Dunboy ; and 

 abundantly on damp roadsides and bare spots by a stream at 

 Adrigole, Cork : Phillips i8g^. — VI. Salt marsh near Kilronan, 

 Aianmore island, 1894 & -95 ; F. £. 0' Felly. 



The Irish head-quarters of this species is the wild rocky 

 peninsula between Kenmare Eiver and Bantry Bay, where, iu 

 parts, it seems to be the commonest of the Junci, and has at least 

 all the appearance of a native; 



First found in Ireland by E. W. S. in 1889. 



