150 COMPOSIT A. [Anthemis. 
A. nobilis Linn. Common Chamomile. 
Districts I. II. WI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIll. IX. 
Native. Grassy roadsides, gravelly places, pastures, &c. 
Common and locally abundant except in the extreme north 
where it is rare. Peren. July—September. 
Rare in the following Districts—VIII. “ In several fields 
near Ardfert ” (Dr. Smith) Hist. of Kerry, 1756, p. 374. By 
the roadside and near the River Shanow about a mile or two 
east of Kilflyn, 1894 ; roadside between Knight’s bridge and 
Derrnidaff in the Smerlagh valley, 1904.—IX. Roadside west 
of Gortaglanna north of Kilmorna, 1899: R.W.S. 
From sea-level, to 1,169 feet on the summit of the Slaheny 
valley road and to 1,531 feet on the summit of the Priestleap 
road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 374, 
No. 20. Mackay in 1806, writes of it.as covering whole 
fields at Calnafersy and as plentiful on the sides of roads 
near Killarney, &c. 
A favourite haunt of this plant is the grassy margin of old 
disused roads especially in the south of the county, where 
it occurs often in great abundance, quite scenting the air 
for some distance around. It is still used in parts of Kerry 
by the peasants for medicinal purposes. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Linn. 
C. segetum Linn. Corn Marigold. 
Districts I. II. WI. IV. V. VI. VIL. VIII. IX. 
Colonist. Cultivated ground and waste places. Rather 
rare but locally abundant. Ann. June—October. 
I. In a field near Dawros, Kenmare Bay, and on the east 
side of the Sheen River below Dromanassig bridge, 1903.— 
II. In several fields west of Kenmare, 1906, and sparingly 
south of Waterville, 1896 : R.W.S.—III. Sparingly in a field 
on the south side of Portmagee estuary, 1910: Miss Delap. 
Sparingly near Cahersiveen, 1892; in several places about 
Dooaghs and near Lough Yganavan, 1906.—IV. In several 
localities about Gaddagh, Kilgobnet and Mount Rivers, &c., 
between the River Laune and the Reeks, 1904; fields in 
the Glencar valley, 1903 ; in a field near the Gap of Dunloe, 
1909.—V. Sparingly near Anascaul, 1892, and in 1914; 
rather frequent in crops about Dunquin north of Slea Head, 
1905.—VI. Rather frequent about Ballymalis and in fields 
by the road between Aghadoe and Faha, 1904.—VII. Fre- 
quent about Killorglin and Tullig, 1906; near Boolteens, 
