158 COMPOSIT A. [Carduus. 
III. In two or three spots about Ballinskelligs, as near 
the ruins of the Castle and Abbey, &c.: R.W.S. 1890, and 
in 1902.—V. Sparingly by the roadside between Milltown 
and Gallerus, 1905: &.W.S. 1908.—IX. Sparingly by the 
strand at Ballybunnion : R.W.S. 1890, and in 1902. 
First record in 1890: R&.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
This plant is surprisingly rare in Kerry and nowhere 
looks native. The few localities known lie close to the sea 
except that for District V. which is about two miles inland. 
The Kerry plant is the usual form, C. tenuiflorus Curt. 
CNICUS Linn. 
C. lanceolatus Willd. Spear Thistle. 
Districts I. TI. QI. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. Waste places, field borders, pastures, banks, &c. 
Common. Bien. July—September. 
From sea-level, to 850 feet in the Roughty valley and to 
1,000 feet in the Clydagh valley (2.W.S.). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
C. palustris Willd. Marsh Thistle. 
Districts I. II. TI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Wet meadows, marshy places, &c. Common. 
Bien. June—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,800 feet above Lough Googh, Reeks, 
and to 2,050 feet on cliffs south of Lough Erhagh, 
Mangerton (R.W.8S.). 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. RI.A. 
This is not uncommon with pure white flowers, as in the 
damp woods in the Home Park, Killarney. 
C. pratensis Willd. Bog Thistle. 
Districts I. WW. [1I.) IV. — VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Boggy meadows and pastures, &c. Rare and local 
in the south, common, and sometimes abundant, over the 
greater portion of the north. Peren. June—August. 
I. Sparingly in several spots between the road and the 
railway both to the east and west of Morley’s Bridge station, 
1904-08 : k.W.S.—II. Sparingly in a boggy hollow near the 
old mountain road east of Staigue Fort, Kenmare Bay, 
1892 : Colgan & R.W.S. [—III. Vide infra].—IV. Sparingly 
in the Glencar valley above Bealalaw bridge, 1899.— 
VI. Sparingly in several spots about Killarney, as near 
Mahony’s Point, between Brickeen bridge and Dinis and in 
