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DIPSACES. 
DIPSACUS Linn. 
D. sylvestris Huds. Teasel. 
District — — — ~— — — ~~ ~— IX. 
Denizen. On banks, sandy waste places and field-sides. 
Very rare and local. Bien. July—August. 
IX. Frequent for about a mile along the Shannon shore 
at Letter Point: R.W.S. 1891. Along the roadside about 
one mile east of Astee 1902 : &k.W.S.—this latter locality is 
between two and three miles from the Letter station. 
First record in 1891: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
This is one of the most local plants in Kerry, and appears 
to be confined to the neighbourhood of the Shannon estuary. 
SCABIOSA Linn. 
S. Succisa Linn. Swccisa pratensis Moench. Devil’s Bit. 
Districts I. II. QT. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Damp peaty pastures, meadows, mountain moors, 
&c. Very common. Peren. July—October. 
From sea-level, to 2,300 feet on Brandon and to 2,650 
feet on Caherconree, Slieve Mish range (Hart). 
First record in 1844: 8. P. Woodward, Phytol., p. 878. 
This plant occurs not infrequently with pure white 
flowers, especially in poor peaty pastures near the sea in 
the west of the county. 
S. arvensis Linn. Knautia arvensis Coult. Field Scabious. 
Districts I. — IN. IV. V. VI. ~—~ — — 
Native. Cultivated ground, rough pastures, on banks and 
waste places. Rather rare. Peren. June—September. 
I. Sparingly in two or three spots about Morley’s Bridge, 
1903 ; rather frequent about Kilgarvan and sparingly in the 
Slaheny and Sheen valleys, 1894-1913; in a field near 
Dromoghty Lake, Dawros, 1890.—III. Sparingly in fields 
near Portmagee and Doulus Head, 1896: #.W.S. Sparingly 
in a field near Ballycarbery west of Cahersiveen, 1907: 
Miss Delap.—IV. Sparingly in the Glencar valley south of 
the Hotel, 1899.—V. In two or three localities about Bally- 
ferriter and Gallerus north of Ventry, and again near 
Brandon Creek, 1905.—VI. Rather frequent here, as along 
the railway near Killarney and Loo Bridge; in fields and 
rough pastures about Headford and Rathmore ; abundant 
