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SAGINA Linn. 
S. maritima Don. 
Districts I. I. TT. — V. — Vil. VII. IX. 
Native. On banks, rocks and on turfy, muddy or sandy 
places near the sea. Rather common and locally abundant. 
Ann. April—August. 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
This plant occurs at intervals around the entire Kerry 
coast, and often forms a portion of the scanty sod on its 
most exposed and storm-swept headlands. In such places 
it grows with Radiola and dwarfed Plantago Coronopus 
well within reach of the spray. 
Var. PROSTRATA Towns.—VII. By Barrow Harbour, 1902 : 
RWS. , 
Var. peNsA (Jord.).—IX. Plentiful in large patches on 
dry sandy banks by the Church at Ballybunnion : Stewart 
1890—still there, but not plentiful, in 1908: R.W.S. 
S. apetala Linn. 
Districts I. II. TI. IV. V. Vi. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. On walls and dry gravelly places. Rather common, 
but local. Ann. May—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,020 feet on the Kerry side of the 
Glengarriff road tunnel (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1891: Druce, Journ. of Bot. 
Appears to be more abundant about Kenmare, Killarney 
and Tralee than elsewhere; it is local in Districts III., 
IV. & IX. 
S. ciliata Fries. 
Districts I. II. WI. IV. — VI. Vil. Vir. — 
Native. On wails, banks and sandy places, usually near the 
sea. Rare? Ann. May—August. 
I. In several places about Kenmare and near Dawros on 
the south side of the bay, 1901.—II. Near Kenmare, Darry- 
nane and south of Waterville, 1892.—III. Roadside wall 
north of Waterville, 1889.—IV. About Beaufort and 
Cullenagh, 1903.—VI. On banks near the Upper Lake and 
on walls about Killarney —VII. Near Tralee, and—VIII. On 
walls, &c., about Ardfert and Banna, 1889-1914: R.W.S. 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
Probably not so rare as the above records would indicate. 
