152 COMPOSITE. [Matricaria. 
II. In some quantity in the village of Sneem (James 
Britten) Journ. of Bot. 1912, p. 288—plentiful there in 1913, 
and again, but sparingly, on the roadside about a mile west 
of Parknasilla, and—III. Sparingly in the fair-field, Caher- 
siveen, 1911: R.W.S. Abundant at Portmagee, especially 
on the east side of the vilage, 1911: Miss Delap & R.W.S.— 
V. By roadsides about Anascaul on the south side of the 
Dingle peninsula, 1910: Stelfor & Weleh—abundant at 
Anascaul and in several localities near it, and about Camp 
on the north side of the peninsula, 1914: R.W.S. At Castle- 
gregory and abundant at Deelis about three miles to the 
east (Praeger & Stelfox) Irish Nat. 1912, p. 163.—VI. 
Sparingly about the Killarney railway goods-yard, 1915: 
Mrs. Jenner —VI1. Abundant on and about Killorglin fair- 
green, 1911-13, and in great plenty about the Tralee fair- 
field, spreading thence to the adjoining roadsides and waste 
ground, 1908—still in great abundance about Tralee and 
has spread to the canal basin, to Blennerville, and thence 
in many localities along the north side of Tralee Bay to near 
Fenit, 1914.— VIII. In many localities both north and south 
of Ardfert, &c., 1914: R.W.S. On the railway at Lixnaw, 
and—IX. abundant on the fair-green at Listowel and on the 
railway there, 1913: Phillips. 
First record in 1903: R.W.S., Irish Nat. 
Var. OCCIDENTALIS (Greene).—IX. In some plenty about 
a gateway and adjoining field-side rather more than a mile 
west of Beal Point on the Ballybunnion road: R.W.S. 1903. 
The above localities are of special interest as they show 
the present southern limit of this agressive alien which 
appears to be spreading in Kerry, as elsewhere in Ireland, at 
an astonishing rate. A native of North America, this plant 
was first noticed in the British Isles by Mr. Colgan about 
Carrickmines, Co. Dublin in 1894; since then it has been 
ascertained to occur in many localities both in Ireland and 
England, and is now on record for nearly 30 out of the 40 
divisions in Irish Topog. Bot. The plant gathered near Beale 
Point differs from that found elsewhere in Kerry in its larger 
heads and more upright growth as well as in possessing a 
toothed crown to its seeds ; it has been already noticed by 
Mr. Colgan in Co. Dublin, and duly recorded by him in 
Irish Nat. 1894, p. 125. 
[M. Caamomitia Linn.—IX. Plentiful at Ballybunnion 
and Beal Castle : Stewart 1890. Certainly not now plentiful 
in either of Mr, Stewart’s stations which have been examined 
