INTRODUCTION. lxix 
named possessing a small well-sheltered harbour and pier. 
The Tralee and Limerick railway runs along the southern 
margin of this barony for a distance of about eleven miles, 
while the quaint Lartigue Light Railway, the only one of its 
kind in Ireland, connects Listowel with Ballybunnion, a 
distance of about ten miles. The track-loving Diplotazis 
muralis, Matricaria discoidea and Linaria minor have all made 
their appearance quite recently about the main line. 
The flora of this division is a poor one both in number and 
rarity of species. Nearly all the characteristic Kerry plants, 
such as Carum verticillatum and Bartsia viscosa have dis- 
appeared ; Pinguicula grandiflora and Rynchospora fusca both 
occur, but are here very rare indeed ; Huphorbia hiberna is still, 
however, locally abundant. The Calcicole flora is little more 
than half the total for the county, and the absence of such 
common Kerry plants as Ranunculus Lenormandi, Arenaria 
trinervia, Bidens cernua, Schenus nigricans and Festuca rigida 
is remarkable. 
Beal Point, on the Shannon estuary, is probably the most 
interesting coast locality in this division. In its neighbourhood 
grow Glaucium flavum, Arabis ciliata, Asperula cynanchica and 
Ophrys apifera, with the introduced species Dipsacus sylvestris, 
Inula Helenium, Matricaria discoidea and Silybum Marianum. 
The most interesting inland locality is the valley of the Feale 
above Listowel ; here occur Lychnis diurna, Pimpinella Saxi- 
fraga, Euphorbia hiberna, Elodea canadensis, and Carex: strigosa. 
Other rare or local species found in this barony are Chlora 
perfoliata, Scirpus parvulus and Carex limosa. 
Five plants appear to be peculiar to this District, Hypericum 
perforatum, Pimpinella Saxifraga, Valeriana Mikani, Dipsacus 
sylvestris and Matricaria occidentalis, a variety or sub-species of 
M. discoidea. 
IX. Puan oF THE FLORA AND GENERAL EXPLANATIONS. 
In the text of this flora the Flowering Plants and Ferns 
found in Kerry are arranged in the sequence followed in 
Cybele Hibernica Ed. II., and Irish Topographical Botany as 
likely to be the one most familiar to Irish botanists. For the 
game reason the nomenclature adopted is that employed in 
these two works. It is hoped that the synonymy given with 
the various species will enable the reader accustomed to the 
more recent efforts towards a final nomenclature, to recognise 
the different plants without difficulty. 
Every plant, whether native or alien, sufficiently established 
