] INTRODUCTION. 
In the following list are given the 48 lowland plants which in 
one form or another have been found growing above the 3,000 
feet level in Kerry, those printed in italics reaching to 3,414 
feet, or near it, on the summit of Carrantuohill, the highest 
point in Ireland :— 
Cardamine pratensis Jasione montana Carex pilulifera 
Cochlearia officinalis Campanula rotundifolia Anthoxanthum odoratum 
Viola palustris Vaccinium Myrtillus Agrostis canina 
V. Riviana Calluna vulgaris A. vulgaris : 
Cerastium triviale Armeria maritima Deschampsia cespitosa 
Stellaria media Euphrasia officinalis D. flexuosa 
Sagina procumbens Melampyrum pratense T'riodia decumbens 
Montia fontana Thymus Serpyllum Poa annua 
Potentilla Tormentilla Rumex Acetosa Festuca ovina 
Sazifraga stellaris R. Acetosella Nardus stricta 
S. wmbrosa Empetrum nigrum Hymenophyllum 
Chrysosplenium Juncus squarrosus unilaterale — 
oppositifolium J. supinus Blechnum Spicant 
Sedum Rhodiola Lnuzula maxima Cystopteris fragilis 
Galium saxatile L. campestris Lastrea Filix-mas 
Solidago Virg-aurea L. erecta Lycopodium Selago 
Leontodon autumnalis Carex echinata 
It will be seen on reference to the list of Kerry alpine plants 
that the following six species are also found above the 3,000 
feet level :— 
Saxifraga hypnoides (agg.) Salix herbacea Poa alpina 
Oxyria digyna Carex rigida Asplenium viride 
With this addition, the total number of plants known to 
grow in Kerry above 3,000 feet amounts to 54 or slightly over 
7 p.c. of its total flora. No doubt several plants at present 
included in a lower zone will be found to ascend into a higher ; 
this applies especially to those included in the lowland zone 
(0-500 feet), but even in that comprised between 2,501 and 
3,000 feet, the following 7 species are known to reach its limit 
and some of them will most probably be found to exceed it ; 
they are— 
Alchemilla vulgaris Scirpus ceespitosus Poa pratensis 
Saxifraga Geum Carex pulicaris Lastrea dilatata 
Pedicularis sylvatica 
Before leaving this subject, it may be well to draw attention 
to the exceptional opportunities afforded by the great elevation 
of many of the Kerry lakes of ascertaining the capacity of 
aquatic plants to ascend. An examination of these high-level 
lakes soon impresses on the observer the fact that, within 
certain limits, the depth of the lake, the nature of its bed and 
