154 COMPOSIT A. [ Artemisia. 
Stradbally, in 1907.—VIII. Rather sparingly by roadsides, 
&c., near the Ballynoe mills about a mile and a half west of 
Causeway, 1907: R.W.S. 1908. 
First record in 1891: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
This plant appears to be a decreasing species in Kerry. 
It is nowhere certainly native in Ireland, although thoroughly 
established in many places. 
A. vulgaris Linn. Mugwort. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VI. VII. Ix. 
Native. Waste places, field borders, dry banks, sandy 
pastures, &c. Rather common, but irregularly distributed. 
Peren. July—September. 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Quite local in Districts I. & II., and generally more 
frequent in the north of the county than in the south and 
near the sea than inland. It occurs often about houses and 
in other suspicious stations as if it were the remains of 
former cultivation. The var. coarcraTa Forsell. appears to 
be the prevailing plant in Kerry. 
[A. campestris Linn.—VII. “ In a field near Castleisland ” 
(Dr. Smith) Hist. of Kerry, 1756, p. 372, No.2. Some error ; 
the plant occurs only as a very rare casual in Ireland.] 
TUSSILAGO Linn. 
T. Farfara Linn. Colts-foot. 
Districts I. WI. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. On moist banks, roadsides and in damp fields, &c. 
Common. Peren. February—April. Calcicole B. 
From sea-level, to 1,000 feet in the Clydagh and Roughty 
valleys and to 1,050 feet near Lough Coomacullen, Glenbeigh 
(Colgan & R.W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 174. 
PETASITES Hill. 
P. fragrans Presl. Nardosmia fragrans Reichb. Winter 
Heliotrope. 
Districts IT. II. WI. IV. — VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Alien. Shaded and waste places, especially about roadsides 
and demesnes. Rather common and locally abundant. 
Peren. December—January. 
First record in 1901: R.W.8., Topog. Bot. 
This sweet-scented plant, a native of South Europe, is 
