194 GENTIANEA. {Microcala. 
GENTIANE&. 
MICROCALA Hoffm. & Link. 
M. filiformis Hoffm. & Link. Cicendia filiformis Reichb. 
Exacum filiforme Smith. 
Districts I I. TW. — — Vi — — — 
Native. Moist peaty and sandy places, and on damp road- 
sides. Common and locally abundant in the south, very rare 
in the centre and apparently absent from the north. Ann. 
June—September. Calcifuge A. 
I. Near Glanmore Lake south of Derreen (7. Wright) Cyb. 
1866—still there in 1894, and abundant in many other 
places about Derreen, Lauragh, &c. ; in many places about 
the Cloonee Lakes and thence west to near the county 
boundary and east to Dawros, 1894-1908 ; in damp spots 
north of Dromoghty Lake, abundant along the south side 
of the Kenmare estuary between Sheen bridge and Roughty 
bridge, in many places both on the east and west sides of 
Sheen River as far as Relagh bridge, frequent also in the 
Slaheny valley and in the Roughty valley above Morley’s 
Bridge, 1889-1913 ; near Kenmare between the Workhouse 
and Sahadeen bridge, 1900 : R.W.S.—II. Roadside between 
Kenmare and Killarney (Moore) Cyb. 1866—=still there in 
several places, 1904, &c., ascending this road to within a 
mile of the Windy Gap, it also ascends the western side of 
the Sneem-Killarney road to near Lough Barfinnihy ; 
abundant in many spots along the north side of Kenmare 
Bay, as on roadsides, &c., about Blackwater bridge, Old 
Dromore, Lough Fadda, Clashnacree, Sneem, by the old road 
between Caherdaniel and Staigue Fort ; abundant also in 
bogs and swampy places about Darrynane and in several 
places on the south side of Lough Currane, 1889-1913: 
£.W.S8.—III. Sparingly by an old road near Laragh south of 
Cahersiveen, 1894: Synnott & R.W.S. Abundant on both 
sides of the River Inny between Inny bridge and the ferry, 
and in several places along the north side of Ballinskelligs 
Bay as far as Boolakill : R.W.S. 1890, and in 1900. Ross- 
behy, 1845 (W. H. Harvey) Herb. T.C.D., Cyb. 1898—still 
abundant in several places about Rossbehy and Glenbeigh, 
as north of the railway station and east of Caragh bridge, 
&ec., 1903: R.W.S.—VI. Killarney (L. Ogilby) Cyb. 1866— 
still in several places about the Lower Lake, Killarney, as 
in damp hollows, flooded in winter, on both sides of the 
mouth of the Flesk River and again nearer Ross Castle, 
