132 ARALIACEM. [Hedera. 
ARALIACEE. 
HEDERA Linn. 
H. Helix Linn. Ivy. 
Districts I. II. WI. IV. V. VI. VI. VIII. Ix. 
Native. On rocks, walls, trees and banks, in woods and 
shady places. Very common. Peren. October—November. 
From sea-level, to 1,300 feet on Brandon (Hart), to 1,350 
feet on rocks by the Priestsleap road (R.W.S.), and to 1,380 
feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1780: Arthur Young, Tour in Ireland—as 
growing on Muckross Abbey. 
The Ivy sometimes grows to very large dimensions in 
Kerry. One of the finest specimens noticed in the county, 
a veritable tree, formerly grew amid the picturesque ruins 
of Ardfert Abbey. It was cut down on the restoration of the 
Abbey Tower about 1904, and the stem was preserved as a 
curiosity. Although quite dry and withered, it still measured 
40 inches in circumference in 1907. 
The so-called Irish Ivy, stated in Flor. Hib. 1836, p. 135, 
to have been gathered by Mr. W. Andrews on the rocks at 
Ballybunnion, has not been found in Kerry since or else- 
where in Ireland where it could be considered native. 
Several of Mr. Andrews’ Kerry plants unfortunately lie under 
the suspicion of having been derived from gardens, the Irish 
nbs Saxifraga Guthriana and Herniaria ciliata being among 
them. 
CAPRIFOLIACE &. 
SAMBUCUS Linn. 
S. nigra Linn. Lilder. 
Districts TI. II. WI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. In hedges, woods, thickets and especially about 
houses. Common. A small tree. June—July. 
From sea-level, to 900 feet by houses in the Slaheny 
valley and to 1,025 feet by the Roughty-Ballyvourney road 
(R.W.S.). 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. 
In Kerry, as elsewhere, the Elder is seldom found at a 
distance from dwellings. It appears to stand the sea winds 
well, and frequently forms the only shelter that the poorer 
cabins near the coast possess. 
