Pyrus.} ROSACEZ. 95 
an area of 218 square yards, “‘ and if we suppose an horse 
when standing takes up a space of ground equal to 3 square 
yards, then there may stand no less than 72 horses under the 
drip of this single tree.” 
CRATAGUS Linn. 
C. Oxyacantha Linn. Whitethorn. May bush. Hawthorn. 
Districts I. IT. TI. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. Hedges, thickets and rocky places. Very common. 
A bush or small tree. May—June. 
From sea-level, to 1,025 feet by the Roughty-Bally- 
vourney road (#.W.S.). 
First record in 1806: Weld’s Killarney, p. 98. 
The prevailing plant in Kerry appears to be C. monogyna 
Jacq., although C. oxyacanthoides Thuill, with glabrous calyx 
and peduncles is not infrequent. 
[CoToNEASTER sp.—I. One small bush in the stony bed 
of the River Roughty about half a mile below Inchee bridge, 
1909.—II. Very fine on the ruins of old Kilcrohane Church 
north of Westcove, 1889-1907.—VI. In great luxuriance 
creeping over the bare limestone rocks at Kilbeg Bay on 
the north side of the Muckross Lake, Killarney: R.W.S. 
One stem measured here in 1902, was about four inches in 
girth ; it grew amidst a bewildering mixture of alien and 
native vegetation.] 
SAXIFRAGEZA. 
SAXIFRAGA Linn. 
S. stellaris Linn. Starry Saxifrage. 
Districts I. If I. IV. V. VE. Vil. — — 
Native. In marshy spots by mountain streams, and on wet 
rocks. Common. Peren. June—August. Calcifuge A. 
Descends, in some plenty, to between 400 and 450 feet, 
by the Killorglin-Lough Acoose road on the west slopes of 
the Reeks (R.W.S.), and to 700 feet on the north side of 
Knocknadobar Mountain near Cahersiveen (Colgan) ; it 
ascends to 3,100 feet on Brandon (R.W.8.), and to 3,400 
feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First found in 1699 by Lhwyd. 
First record in 1712: Lhwyd, Phil. Trans., Vol. XXVII., 
p. d24. 
