172 COMPOSIT 4. [ Hieracium. 
species probably exceeds in quantity any other two members 
of this family taken together, H. Pilosella of course excepted. 
The distribution in Kerry of the Hieracia as a whole, 
shows that they are practically confined to the south of the 
county. There are no Hawkweeds yet recorded from the 
two most northerly Divisions, IX. & VIII., while in VII. they 
are virtually absent, in V. very rare and local, and in VI. 
quite restricted to its southern half. A line drawn from 
Tralee to Killarney and thence to Rathmore, marks the 
northern limit of the Kerry Hieracia as at present known, 
the ubiquitous H. Piiosella excepted. 
HYPOCHARIS Linn. 
H. radicata Linn. Long-rooted Cat’s-ear. 
Districts I. II. TW. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. Ix. 
Native. Pastures, roadsides, waste ground, sandhills, &c. 
Very common. Peren. June—September. 
From sea-level, to 2,000 feet on the Reeks (Druce). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
This plant is often found in Kerry with its stems and 
branches disfigured by irregular swellings, several usually 
occurring on the same plant. These galls contain the larval 
chambers—sometimes as many as fifty—of a minute insect, 
_Aulax hypocheridis ; plants near the sea appear to be 
specially liable to attack. An excellent plate of H. radicata 
showing this condition, is given in Connold’s British Veget- 
able Galis, p. 108. 
[H. eraBra Linn.—VII. Gravelly shore near the upper 
end of the Bay of Castlemaine: Mackay Rar. 1806. This 
plant is not included in the same author’s Catalogue 1825, 
nor in his Flor. Hib. 1836, and as it has not been seen there 
since nor elsewhere in the south of Ireland, it was no doubt 
a casual or an error of identification.] 
LEONTODON Linn. 
L. hirtus Linn. JL. nudicaule Banks & Soland. Thrincia 
hirta Roth. Hairy Hawkbit. 
Districts I. Il. Yi. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Dry pastures, sandhills, banks, waste places, &c. 
Common and locally abundant. Peren. May—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,350 feet on Connor Hill (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1884: Hart, Proc. R.A, 
