118 ONAGRARIE 4. [Epilobium. 
ONAGRARIEA. 
EPILOBIUM Linn. 
E. hirsutum Linn. Hairy Willow-herb. 
Districts — — III — — — VI. VII. IX. 
Native. Wet ditches, stream-sides and marshy ground. 
Very rare over the greater portion of the county, rather 
common in the north. Peren. July—September. 
III. Sparingly near Cahersiveen, 1894.—VIT. About Tralee 
in several places, and near Clogherbrien and the Spa, Tralee 
Bay, 1890-1914._VIII. & IX. Occurs here in many 
localities, sometimes in abundance, as about Rattoo near 
‘Ballyduff and about the Cashen River, &c.: R.W.S. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. RIA. 
This proves to be unexpectedly rare in Kerry ; most of 
the localities known are in the neighbourhood of the sea. 
E. parviflorum Schreb. 
Districts I. WI. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. In wet places and waste ground. Common. 
Peren. July—September. 
Appears to be rare in District IV., where it has been noted 
only by the River Laune near Beaufort bridge, 1901: 
RWS. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. 
E. montanum Linn. 
Districts I. U. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. On banks, roadsides and walls, in bushy places and 
in gardens. Common. Peren. June—September. 
From sea-level, to 550 feet in the Roughty valley (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1882: Archdeacon Wynne, Journ. Roy. 
Met. Soc., No. 45. 
Although this plant is usually lowland in Kerry, it will, 
no doubt, be found to ascend higher than the elevation 
recorded above. In this county at least its name ‘ mon- 
tanum ’ is quite unwarranted. 
A form with white flowers was noticed by Mr. Phillips in 
1913, growing abundantly along the roadside between 
Ballylongford and Tarbert for a distance of fully two miles. 
E. obscurum Schreb. 
Districts I. II. QI. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. Ix. 
Native. By streams and mountain rills and in damp or 
marshy places. Common, Peren. June—September, 
