Ononts.] LEGUMINOS A. 65 
ONONIS Linn. 
O. repens Linn. Rest Harrow. 
Districts — — — — V. — — VIII. —- 
Denizen. Dry banks and sandy places, and on rough 
pastures near the sea. Very rare and local. Peren. June— 
August. Calcicole A. 
V. Near Castlegregory : Hart 1884. Abundant in several 
places about Castlegregory, especially on sandy banks and 
roadsides, &c., to the north and east of the village: R.W.S. 
1889, and in 1907. Sparingly in a rough field by an old 
castle about a mile north-west of Ventry: R.W.S. 1890.— 
VIII. Very sparingly in a rough field by the sea north of 
Barrow school-house, 1892: R.W.S. 
First record in 1884: Hart, Proc. RJI.A. 
Apart from its Castlegregory station, where the Ononis 
is locally abundant, there are only two outlying localities at 
present known for this plant in the county, in both of which 
it occurs very sparingly indeed. In all its stations the 
Ononis is open to the suspicion of introduction, and it can 
be regarded as only doubtfully native in Kerry. The plant 
occurs usually as the spinous form—var. HoRRIDA Lange. 
MEDICAGO Linn. 
M. lupulina Linn. Black Medick. 
Districts I. II. U0. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Roadsides, banks, pastures, waste places, &c. 
Rather rare in the south, common elsewhere, but unevenly 
distributed. Peren. May—October. 
' Rather rare in the following Districts—I. In several 
places about Kenmare, and—II. Darrynane, 1904.— 
III. Frequent about Ballinskelligs, &c., and Cahersiveen, 
1900: R.W.S.—IV. At about 500 feet on the Reeks : Hart 
1882. In fields about Churchtown, Beaufort, 1901.— 
VI. Sparingly about the Lower Lake, along the railway, 
and in other spots near Killarney, 1901-1914: R.W.S. 
From sea-level, to 500 feet on the Reeks (Hart), and 
probably higher. 
First record in 1882: Hart, Proc. RIA. 
Less common in Kerry than might have been expected, 
a peculiarity shared with Co. Donegal where the Medicago 
appears to be quite a local plant. Several other unexpected 
plant distributions appear to be common to these two 
counties, widely separated as they are. 
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