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range (Hart), to 2,800 feet on Brandon (Colgan), and to the 
same height on the Reeks (Druce). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
So far, the hybrid, P. variabilis Goupil—P. vulgaris x 
officinalis—has not been noticed in the county ; no doubt 
the local distribution of the Cowslip accounts for its rarity 
or absence. 
P. officinalis Jacq. P. veris Linn. Cowslip. 
Districts I. II. WI. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. In pastures, meadows and on sandhills. Very rare 
in the south, rather rare and local in the north. Peren. 
April—May. Calcicole A. 
I. Near the River Roughty east of Kenmare, 1898 
(Praeger) Topog. Bot.—II. ‘*‘ On islands near the head of 
Kenmare river”? (Dr. Smith) Hist. of Kerry, 1756, p. 85. 
Sparingly on limestone rocks near the sea a mile or more 
west of Kenmare, 1901: &.W.S.—III. In a field near 
Reenard Cross south-west of Cahersiveen, 1907: Miss 
Delap. Sparingly in the Hotel Grounds at Caragh Lake, 
1902, and in rough fields near the lake a little to the east of 
the Hotel, 1908: &.W.S.—IV. Sparingly in a field near 
Lough Cummernamuck, beside the Caragh Lake-Glencar 
mountain road, 1911, and for some years previously : Major 
Williams.—V. Sparingly by an old road about a mile and a 
half south of Gallerus, Smerwick Harbour, 1890: 2.W.S., 
and sparingly in fields east of Inch, Castlemaine Harbour, 
1900 : Miss Delap.—VI. Sparingly about Killarney, as on 
Ross Island, meadows at Southhill, &c., 1901-09.—VII. 
Rather frequent about Tralee, as about Kerries and Seafield, 
Tralee Bay, and about Ballyseedy, &c.: R.W.S. 1889, &c. 
About Castleisland, 1903.—VIII. About Banna, Lerrig, 
Ballyheige and on limestone rocks about a mile west of 
Abbeydorney, sparingly near Causeway and between 
Sheepwalk and Cashen Ferry bridge, and—IX. On Bally- 
bunnion sandhills and sparingly by the roadside near 
Kilmorna east of Listowel, 1899-1908 : R.W.S. 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 85. 
LYSIMACHIA Linn. 
L. vulgaris Linn. Yellow Loosestrife. 
Districts — — III. IV. V. VI. — VII. — 
Native. River banks, lake shores and damp shady places. 
Rare. Peren. July—August. 
III. Sparingly on the north side of the Waterville River 
