Ranunculus. | RANUNCULACE. 7 
R. Flammula Linn. Lesser Spearwort. 
Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. In watery and marshy places. Very common. 
Peren. June—September. 
From sea-level, to 2,200 feet on Brandon and to 2,225 
feet on the Coomacarrea Mountains, Glenbeigh (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1844: 8. P. Woodward, Phytol. p. 878. 
Many curious forms of this most variable plant occur 
round the larger Kerry lakes. One of the forms, gathered 
in several places along the stony margin of the Lower Lake, 
Killarney, comes very near to the Ulleswater R. reptans 
Linn., from which it differs chiefly in the internodes of the 
Killarney plant being stouter and almost straight instead 
of arched, as well as in its producing more robust and 
numerous rootlets at the nodes ; these are differences, how- 
ever, which might be expected from the milder and moister 
habitat of the Kerry plant ; it has been referred to the form 
pseudo-reptans of Syme (var. radicans Nolte), and is not un- 
common in similar stations in the south of the county. 
Among the upright forms of R. Flammula, nothing which 
could be referred to &. petiolaris Marshall, has yet been seen. 
R. Lingua Linn. Great Spearwort. 
District — — — — VY —- ~~ — — 
Native. In a floating swamp. Very rare and local. Peren. 
June—July. 
V. Sparingly in a drain, or sluggish stream in a floating 
swamp, west of Lough Gill, Castlegregory : Hart 1884. 
First record in 1884: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
The exact locality for this plant—one of the very rarest 
in Kerry—is most difficult to examine, and in wet seasons 
is practically unapproachable. It appears to occur there 
but very sparingly, and the swamp has not been thoroughly 
explored since the date of Mr. Hart’s record. In the ad- 
joining counties, R. Lingua is on record for two localities 
in Clare, for one in Limerick and one in Cork. 
R. auricomus Linn. Goldilocks. Wood Crowfoot. 
District — — — — — VIE — — —- — 
Native. Shady places. Very rare and local. Peren. April— 
May. 
VI. In several spots on Ross Island, Killarney, but very 
sparingly (Mrs. Jenner) Irish Nat. 1915, p. 106. 
A very interesting and welcome addition to the Kerry 
flora ; it is a very rare plant in the west of Treland, and is 
not yet known to occur either in south Kerry or west Cork. 
