68 LEGUMINOS4. [Tréfolowm. 
T. repens Linn. Shamrock. White Clover. 
Districts I. IJ. II. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. Meadows, pastures, roadsides, &c. Very common. 
Peren. May—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,650 feet on Beenoskee near Castle- 
gregory (Hart), and to 2,300 feet on Mangerton near a ruined 
hut on the north side of the Punch Bowl (R.W.S.), the latter 
an exceptional height. 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Immature plants of 7’. repens are worn as the Shamrock* 
in Kerry as elsewhere in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day ; 
only those plants, however, which have not developed the 
usual white or grey spot on the leaflets are regarded as the 
“true? Shamrock. Whether 7. repens or T'. dubiwm is the 
prevailing Shamrock in Kerry cannot at present be decided. 
About Cahersiveen and on Valencia Island, 7’. repens appears 
to be almost exclusively used, while about Killarney and 
Tralee, 7. dubiwm is the favourite with 7’. repens, a poor 
second. In the absence of the two preceding plants, 7. 
procumbens is occasionally used, but is not regarded as good 
Shamrock even by its wearers. 
T. fragiferum Linn. Strawberry-headed Trefoil. 
Districts — — — — V. — VIL. VII. IX. 
Native. In damp pastures among tufts of Iris, on marshy 
ground and stream sides, near the sea. Very rare along the 
south coast, locally abundant on the north. Peren. July— 
September. 
V. Abundant, forming the sward on both sides, at the 
mouth of a stream close to Feohanagh near Ballydavid 
Head: Hart 1884. About Smerwick Harbour west of 
Dingle ; near Fermoyle on Brandon Bay, and in several 
localities about Castlegregory and Kilshannig, 1890-1907.— 
VII. In several places on damp flats about Barrow Harbour, 
and—VITI. Abundant on wet sandy flats nearly all along 
the coast from Rahoneen to Ballyheige: R.W.S. 1888, and 
in 1905. Abundant to the north of Tralee Bay, and— 
IX. On muddy salt flats at Beal Point and Ballybunnion : 
* Mrs, Jenner and Miss Delap have kindly communicated local not 
ee eee Avi also Irish Nat, 1892, p. 95, and ‘1898, p. 207, 
‘or Mr. Colgan’s researches on this subject, and a note by Mr, R. A. Philli 
on p. 251 of the last indicated vol. : ad a 
