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thoroughly established and spreading in the county and is 
now, no doubt, a permanent member of its flora. It appears 
to have been much planted formerly and is still offered for 
sale in Florist’s catalogues. 
P. officinalis Moench. P. ovatus Hill. P. vulgaris Desf. 
Butterbur. 
Districts I. II. — — V. Vi. VIL. VII. IX. 
Native. River-sides and other damp places. Rather rare 
and local, especially in the south. Peren. March—May. 
I. In one or two localities about Kenmare and Kilgarvan, 
and—IT. To the north and west of Kenmare, 1889-1913 ; near 
Darrynane, 1904.—V. About Castlegregory and frequent 
about Dingle, Ventry, and to the north-west of Milltown, 
1890-1905.—VI. In one or two spots near the Lower Lake, 
Killarney, and at Ballymalis Castle, 1888-1901 ; near Bally- 
virrane south of Milltown, 1903.—VII. Near the Spa and 
Kerries, Tralee Bay ; about the stream at Ballybeggan, 
Tralee ; near Ballycarty east of Tralee and in several spots 
about Castleisland, 1888-1907.—VIII. Near Ardfert and 
Lixnaw, 1888-1908.—IX. About Ballybunnion, Ballylong- 
ford and Tarbert, 1889-1908: R.W.S. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. 
SENECIO Linn. 
S. vulgaris Linn. Groundsel. 
Districts I. TI. IIT. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. Cultivated ground, waste places, on and about 
walls, &e. Common. Ann. Flowers throughout the year. 
From sea-level, to 1,100 feet near the road in the upper 
Roughty valley (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. RIA. 
Var. rapiatus Koch.—VI. About Killarney, 1886: 
Colgan. Abundant about Killarney railway station and on 
the ballast and adjoining roadsides: R.W.S. 1890—still 
abundant there, extending to the Sunday’s Well road and 
along the railway track at Headford Junction and Rath- 
more, 1914: R.W.S.—VII. About the Killorglin Hotel 
grounds, 1899: Phillips & R.W.S. In several places by 
footpaths, walls and waste places in Killorglin, 1913 ; about 
the railway station at Tralee and the canal basin, 1904— 
1914: RWS. 
This plant has, no doubt, reached its Kerry localities by 
railway transport from Cork city where both S. radiatus 
and S. squalidus are abundant not only on walls and waste 
