64 LEGUMINOS#. [Olex. 
LEGUMINOSZE. 
ULEX Linn. 
U. europzus Linn. Furze. Gorse. 
Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VIE. VI. IX. 
Native. Heaths, hedge banks, waste places, &c. Very 
common. Bush. February—May, and again in the autumn, 
and sparingly during the rest of the year. 
From sea-level, to 1,470 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith., Hist. of Kerry. 
U. Gallii Planch. 
Districts I. II. ITI. IV. V. VI. Vit. VIII. IX. 
Native. Dry heaths, hilly places, roadsides, &c. Common, 
but less so in the north. Bush. July—October. Calcifuge 
A or B. 
From ‘sea-level, to 1,500 feet on Beenoskee near Castle- 
gregory (Hart), to 1,500 or 1,600 feet on Mangerton (More), 
and to 2,200 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1872: More, Rec. Add. 
The var. or state HumMILIS Planch. is well marked and 
common on the headlands and more exposed positions round 
the Kerry coast. 
CYTISUS Linn. 
C. scoparius Link. Sarothamnus scoparius Koch. Broom. 
Districts I. ID. TIT. IV. V. VWI. VID. Vill. IX. 
Native. Dry bushy places, banks, about roadsides, &c. 
Rather common. Bush. April—June. Calcifuge B. 
From sea-level, to 800 feet by roadsides in the upper 
Roughty valley, and to 900 feet by the Brosna-Mount 
Eagle road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1901: &.W.S., Topog. Bot. 
The Broom is nowhere an abundant species in Kerry, and 
although showing decided calcifuge tendencies in the county, 
it occurs sparingly on the limstone at Ross Island, Killarney, 
and elsewhere. The curious prostrate form recorded below, 
appears to differ from the type in its habit only, an opinion 
shared by Mr. Colgan in his Flora of the County Dublin, 
vide p. 53. 
Var. Pprostratus (Bailey).—III. Abundantly on cliffs at 
Clynacartan near the west end of Valencia Island, 1905: 
Miss Delap & R.W.S., forming dense mats on the extreme 
edge of these exposed cliffs. 
