42 CARYOPHYLLEA. [Cerastium. 
on the Glengarriff road and to 1,250 feet on the Connor 
Hill road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1901: R.W.S., Topog. Bot. : 
The form apetalum (Dum.) has been noted in many 
localities, and appears to be as frequent in the county as 
the type. 
C. triviale Link. C. vulgatum Linn. 
Districts I. IT. III. IV. V. VI. VIE. VIII. IX. 
Native. Pastures, banks, waste places, damp spots on 
mountains, &c. Very common. Peren. Flowers nearly 
all the year round. 
From sea-level, to 2,756 feet on the summit of Mangerton 
(R.W.S.), to 3,000 feet on the Reeks and to 3,127 feet on 
the summit of Brandon (Hart). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. RIA. 
Cc. arvense Linn. 
Districts — — — — V. VI —- ~— — 
Native. On rocky ground by the sea, and inland on sand 
banks. Very rare and local. Peren. May—September. 
V. On the Blasket Islands (W. Andrews) Cyb. 1866. 
Common on the larger Blasket Islands—Great Blasket, 
Inishvickillane and Inishnabro: Barrington 1881. In full 
bloom on the south side of Inishvickillane in September 
1906: Miss Delap.—vVI. Sparingly along the shore of the 
Lower Lake, Killarney, near Mahony’s Point : R.W.S. 1902 —- 
seen there in 1912 (A/rs. Jenner), but the Cerastium and its 
surroundings were almost completely washed away during 
the great storm of February 1903 (vide note under Teesdalia 
nudicaulis, p. 30). 
First record in Cyb. 1866: W. Andrews. 
The Blasket Island plant is the subglabrous state or var. 
Andrewsii, named after its finder on these islands, by Dr. 
Boswell Syme ; the Killarney plant appears to be the usual 
hairy form. 
STELLARIA Linn. 
S. media Vill. Chickweed. 
Districts I. II. TT. IV. V. VI. VIL. Vill. Ix. 
Native. Waste places, cultivated ground, &c. Very 
common. Ann. Flowers nearly all the year. 
From sea-level, to 2,550 feet on the Reeks, to 2,650 feet 
on the Slieve Mish range and to 3,127 feet on Brandon 
summit (Hart). 
