Fraxinus.] OLEACE 193 
occurs in the valley of the Owenreagh river, a stream flowing 
into the Upper Lake, Killarney, where a wood is still known 
as Derrynafunsha—the Oakwood of the Ashes. 
Many fine examples of this tree may be seen about 
Killarney. One very large Ash on Innisfallen, unfortunately 
nearly dead, measured 24 feet in girth at three feet from 
the ground, and 17 feet 9 inches at seven feet ; another on 
the same island measured in 1904, 15 feet 8 inches at three 
feet above ground ; while a third on the Muckross road was 
17 feet in girth at seven feet from road level. Neither the 
Oak nor the Beech appears to attain in Kerry such large 
dimensions as the Ash. 
LIGUSTRUM Linn. 
L. vulgare Linn. Privet. 
Districts I. II. WT. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Alien. In hedges and thickets. Rather common. Bush. 
June—July. 
The Privet occurs nearly throughout the county but is 
more frequent in the north than the south. It does not 
appear to extend to the sea cliffs in Kerry as it does in some 
other Irish counties. Most of its stations are obviously 
open to suspicion and it has no claim to be considered 
native in the south-west of Ireland. 
[Vinca masor Linn.—Periwinkle. This ornamental plant 
is frequently seen in cottage gardens and about houses in 
Kerry, and has escaped thence to roadsides and waste places 
in their neighbourhood. It has been noticed in such situa- 
tions nearly throughout the county, and although occasion- 
ally found in wilder spots, such as on Ross Island and other 
localities about Killarney, it has no doubt been planted 
there and cannot be regarded as sufficiently established to be 
included in the county flora.] 
[V. minor Linn. This plant is better established than 
the preceding species and occurs more often, in greater 
abundance, and in wilder stations, as in several spots in the 
Muckross demesne, about the Meeting of the Waters and in 
other localities about the Killarney Lakes, 1888-1914; it 
is also found in Ballyseedy demesne east of Tralee and in 
similar situations elsewhere. | 
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