76 ROSACEA, [Rubus. 
RUBUS Linn. 
R. Idzeus Linn. Raspberry. 
Districts I. If. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Woods, thickets, rocky places, roadsides, &c. 
Rather common. Peren. May—July. 
From sea-level, to 600 feet on the Roughty-Ballyvourney 
road and to 650 feet by roadside north of Rathmore (2. W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 381, 
No. 84, “ Plentifully near Lough-lane ’’—still plentiful 
about the Killarney Lakes, 1909: R.W.S. 
R. fruticosus Linn. (Aggregate.) Blackberry. Bramble. 
Brier. 
Districts I. Il. UT. IV. V. Vi. VII. VIII. 1X. 
Native. Hedges, thickets, heaths and waste places. Very 
common. Peren. July—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,100 feet on the Reeks, to the same 
height by the old Glengarriff road, to 1,200 feet by the 
Castleisland-Mount Eagle road and to 1,300 feet on the 
north side of the Paps Mountain (&.W.S.). 
First record in 1806: Mackay Rar. (R. cesius). 
Kerry appears to be very rich in Rubi forms, and when 
the distribution of these puzzling plants is better known it 
will be found to possess a high percentage of the total present 
in Ireland. No doubt several other interesting forms still 
await identification there. 
R. suberectus Anders.* 
I. Rocky bank by the River Sheen near Ashgrove, 1904.— 
III. On the rocky shore of Caragh Lake below the Southern 
Hotel !, and on rocky islets in the Caragh River just below 
Blackstones bridge!: R.W.S. 1904 a. 
R. sulcatus Vest. 
I. Rather sparingly in a damp rocky wood by the River 
Sheen south of Kenmare, 1905!: R.W.S. 1908. 
R. plicatus Weihe & Nees. 
III. Wet thickets by the Caragh River about Lickeen !, 
and—lIV. On the east side of the river, Glencar!: R.W.S. 
1904a.—V. Near Lough Adoon east of Cloghane, 1902: 
* Specimens from localities followed by the sign ! have been named by 
the Rev, W. Moyle Rogers, 
