Hieracium.] COMPOSITA. 171 
previously been observed by Dr. Wade”: Mackay Cat. 
1825—as H. sabaudum Smith ; locality repeated in Flor. 
Hib. 1836. Not seen there recently ; most probably the 
following species was the plant really found.] 
H. umbellatum Linn. 
Districts — IT. Il. IV. — VI. — — — 
Native. River banks and lake shores, also, but rarely, on 
railway banks. Rare, but locally abundant. Peren. 
August—September. 
IT. Near Dunkerron : Backhouse 1856. Sparingly along the 
banks of the Owenreagh River near the Black Valley, 1909.— 
QI. At intervals along the Caragh River from Bealalaw 
bridge to Lickeen, and—IV. Plentiful along the Caragh 
River and more sparingly along its tributary the Caraghbeg, 
Glencar, 1890-1913 : R.W.S. 1891. Rather sparingly on the 
west bank of the Owenreagh River near the Black Valley, 
1909: R.W.S.—VI. Galway River, near Killarney (Bab- 
ington) Cyb. 1866. In several places round the shores of 
the Lower Lake, Killarney, and on one or two of its islands, 
as, abundant by the lake shore in the Home Park north of 
Ross Island in several spots, along the south side of Ross 
Island, on the shore of Castlelough bay and near West- 
meadow bay, abundant on Rough Island, on the north shore 
of Muckross Lake, &c., 1887-1909: R.W.S. 1888. In 
several places along the Flesk River and sparingly along 
the railway bank about two miles from Killarney, 1892- 
1914: R.W.S. 
First record in 1856: Backhouse, Monog. Brit. Hier., but 
perhaps first found by Wade and recorded in 1804 as 
Hf. boreale : Wade Rar. 
Notwithstanding Dr. Wade’s rather explicit statement 
to the contrary, it is most probable that the plant he really 
found on Ross Island was H. umbellatum rather than H. 
boreale. Certainly his statement “flowering in July” 
creates some doubt, as H. wmbellatum at Killarney is rarely 
in flower before August in a normal year. Ross Island, 
however, has been too well examined for a conspicuous 
plant like H. boreale to have escaped observation for so 
many years and as neither Wade nor Mackay record H. 
umbellatum from this island where it is locally abundant, it 
is fairly safe to assume that these Hawkweeds were confused. 
The two most widely distributed Hieracia in Kerry are 
H. umbellatum and H. anglicum, and although the latter is 
recorded from a greater number of Districts, the former 
