Cnicus.] COMPOSIT A. 159 
damp meadows between Woodlawn and Woodford bridge, 
1904; in boggy meadows near Barraduff and by the railway 
near Rathmore, 1906.—VII. Sparingly in wet fields near 
Scrahan north of the Spa, Tralee Bay, 1899: R.W.S. 
From sea-level, to 750 feet near Staigue fort (Colgan & 
RWS) j 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
(District—III ]. In the Journ. of Bot., 1911 p. 59, Mr. 
W. West gives a list of plants found by him near Waterville 
in May, 1904. Among these, mostly common species, 
Carduus pratensis is recorded as growing on a mud-capped 
wall to the north of the village. Mr. West, however, was 
probably not aware of the extreme rarity of this plant in 
South Kerry ; it is not mentioned as being in flower, and as 
it is feared some confusion of names may have taken place, 
-it is thought better to await further confirmation before 
admitting this record. 
C. arvensis Hofim. 
Districts I. If TI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Fields, waysides, waste places, banks, &c. 
Common. Peren. July—August. 
From sea-level, to 850 feet by roadsides in the upper 
Roughty valley and to 1,000 feet in the Clydagh valley 
(B.W.S.). ; 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Var. seTosus (Bess.)—VI. Muckross demesne (Colgan & 
RWS.) R.W.S. 1902; Ross Island, Killarney, 1904: 
R.W.S. 
SILYBUM Vaill. 
S. Marianum Gaertn. Mariana lactea Hill. Milk Thistle. 
Districts — — — — V. — VI. VII. IX. 
Alien. Field-sides, banks and waste places near the sea, 
usually near ruins or houses. Local in the north, very rare 
elsewhere. Bien. July—September. 
V. Amongst the ruins at Kilshannig north of Castle- 
gregory : Hart 1884—still about the old Church there, and 
on the largest of the adjacent Magharee Islands, 1894: 
R.W.S.—VII. In a quarry near the Spa and at Kilfenora, 
Tralee Bay ; in several spots about Fenit and frequent around 
Barrow Harbour: R.W.S. 1888, and in 1914; abundant 
near some high rocks between Barrow and Carrahane strand 
1902 : R.W.S.— VIII: About Banna 1877 : Rev. W. Raymond. 
In two or three spots about Rahoneen and thence northward 
