XXXVI 
INTRODUCTION. 
Amongst the plants of this type not yet seen in Kerry, 
though occurring in one or more of the adjoining counties, 
are— 
Thalictrum flavum 
Ranunculus circinatus 
Myriophyllum verticil- Euphorbia exigua 
latum 
Nasturtium amphibium Carlina vulgaris 1us U 
Cynoglossum officinale Glyceria distans 
Viola hirta 
Orchis Morio 
Butomus umbellatus 
Hordeum (genus) 
Of the 62 species which form Watson’s Ailantic Type, or 
plants seen chiefly in West England, 35 are present in Ireland, 
and the great majority, or 28 * of these, occur in Kerry. This 
group, however, is not really Atlantic in its distribution as 
regards Ireland, no less than 27 out of the 35 reaching its east 
coast to which indeed one of the number, Scilla verna, is 
confined. As already stated, these terms were selected by 
Watson to illustrate the peculiarities in the distribution of 
plants in Great Britain, and, so far as Ireland is concerned, the 
term Norman proposed for this group by Prof. Edward Forbes 
is much more applicable. The following members of this type 
are present in Kerry— 
Senebiera didyma 
Raphanus maritimus 
Viola Curtisii 
Carum verticillatum 
Crithmum maritimum 
Rubia peregrina 
Euphorbia portlandica 
Scirpus Savii 
Rynchospora fusca 
Hypericum Inula crithmoides Hymenophyllum 
Androsemum Wahlenbergia tunbridgense 
H. elodes hederacea H, unilaterale 
Lavatera arborea 
Linum angustifolium 
Erodium moschatum 
Cotyledon Umbilicus 
Sedum anglicum 
Statice occidentalis 
Sibthorpia europea 
Bartsia viscosa 
Pinguicula lusitanica 
Euphorbia Paralias 
Trichomanes radicans 
Asplenium lanceolatum 
Lastrea emula 
Three other Kerry plants, Huphorbia hiberna, Simethis 
bicolor and Elisma natans, although classed by Watson as 
Logal Atlantic, really belong to this group in Ireland ; the 
Simethis is especially interesting as being one of the few plants 
in Ireland peculiar to Kerry. Another species, Helianthemum 
guttatum not yet found in Kerry may be expected to occur on 
one or more of its numerous headlands or islets, filling in the 
gap which exists between its known stations on Three Castle 
Head, Co. Cork, and on Inishbofin, Co. Galway. 
The distribution in the county of its 31 Atlantic Type plants 
is very irregular. Some like Hypericum elodes, Carum verticil- 
latum, Bartsia viscosa, Euphorbia hiberna and Lastrea emula 
* The seven absentees are—-Meconopsis cambrica, Matthiola sinuata, 
Erodium maritimum, Asparagus officinalis, Scilla verna, Bromus madritensis 
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris : 
