192 PRIMULACESA. [Centunculus. 
side south of Anascaul, 1892 ; roadside bythe coast west of 
Inch and in several places on the Inch sandhills, Dingle Bay, 
1894: R.W.S.—VI. At Killarney (Babington in Herb.) Cyb. 
1898.—VII. Roadside near Reen north of Killorglin 
(Marshall & R.W.S.) R.W.S. 1904.—IX. Sparingly by a 
small roadside pond about a mile and a half west of Bally- 
longford : R.W.S. 1903. 
From sea-level, to about 800 feet near Lough Barfinnihy, 
on the Sneem-Killarney road (R.W.S.). 
First record in Cyb. 1866: Moore. 
In Kerry the Centunculus is often found with Radiola 
and Microcala growing along damp roadsides, and like 
these plants it shows a preference for the neighbourhood of 
the sea. Owing to its calcifuge tendencies it is almost 
restricted to the south of the county. 
SAMOLUS Linn. 
S. Valerandi Linn. Brook-weed. 
Districts I. II. JI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. In moist places. Common near the sea, rare 
inland. Peren. July—September. 
Some inland localities are—I. About the Cloonee Lakes.— 
IV. & VI. Frequent about the Killarney Lakes and along 
the River Laune.—VII. Near Castleisland.—VIII. Near 
» Lixnaw, &c.: R.W.S. 
Ascends to 500 feet near Coomakesta between Waterville 
and Darrynane, but usually quite lowland (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1901: R.W.S., Topog. Bot. 
OLEACEZ. 
FRAXINUS Linn. 
F. excelsior Linn. Ash. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Hedges, woods and rocky places. Common. A 
large tree. April. 
From sea-level, to 950 feet in the Horse’s Glen, Mangerton, 
and to 1000 feet on the Paps Mountain (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 148. 
The Ash very rarely forms a prominent feature in the 
Kerry vegetation, which may account for its rarity in the 
county place-names. One of the few instances noted, 
