INTRODUCTION. Ixv 
Fenit pier on the north side of Tralee Bay, eight miles distant, 
where there is a good modern harbour with facilities for un- 
loading vessels of large size. Castleisland with about 1,500 in- 
habitants, and Killorglin with 1,000, are the only other towns 
of any size. Like the preceding District, Trughanacmy is well 
provided with railways, the total mileage being fully 30 miles. 
Several track-loving species such as Diplotaxis muralis, 
Matricaria discoidea and Linaria minor no doubt owe their 
presence in the barony to the railways. 
Most of the characteristic Kerry species show a marked 
decrease in this division. Some like Saxifraga Geum and 8S. 
umbrosa find their further advance to the north checked by 
their strong calcifuge tendencies, as no doubt do Carum 
verticillatum and Pinguicula grandiflora ia a lesser degree ; 
others that may be mentioned are Bartsia viscosa and 
Euphorbia hiberna which are quite local here. 
Nearly all the botanical groups are well represented, only 
the two preceding baronies exceeding its total of 604 species. 
Northern and aquatic plants, however, are rather limited by 
the rarity of suitable localities ; the Calcicole group too is not 
as numerous as might be expected, only 35 being present out 
of a total for Kerry of 50. The Calcifuge group, on the other 
hand, is very strong, 88 out of 97 occurring within its limits, 
the nine absentees being almost all moisture-loving species or 
aquatics. Maritime plants are numerous and find suitable 
localities both about Castlemaine Harbour and along the more 
varied shores of Tralee Bay. 
Probably the most interesting botanical locality in this 
barony is the vicinity of Castlemaine Harbour. Here Sisy- 
rinchium angustifolium appears to have its headquarters in the 
south of Ireland, forming quite a considerable portion of the 
herbage in several peaty fields and ascending as high as 
400 feet on poor heathery mountain slopes. Amongst other 
rare or local Kerry plants found hereabout are—Malva 
rotundifolia, Carum verticillatum, Anthriscus vulgaris, Alliwm 
vineale and Atriplex portulacoides. In or near the Laune at 
Killorglin are some interesting Pondweeds, Eleocharis acicularis 
and Sambucus Ebulus. Barrow Harbour, with its limestone 
rocks, is another good locality, here are Arabis ciliata, Trifolium 
striatum, 7’. filiforme, Asperula cynanchica, Silybum Marianum, 
Statice occidentalis and Carex muricata. About the Spa village 
on Tralee Bay occur Glaucium flavum, Diplotaxis murals, 
Galium uliginosum, Epipactis palustris, Zostera nana and 
Matricaria discoidea, the last in great abundance all along this 
north side of the bay from Tralee to Fenit. 
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