206 SCROPHULARINEA. [Verbascum. 
Dereen and about Ardea Castle west of Cloonee, 1894,— 
II. Sparingly at Clashganniv, 1889, and about Castlecove 
House, a plant or two only, and near Darrynane, 1904.-— 
III. Sparingly near Waterville House, on a wall near Valencia 
Church and near Cahersiveen, 1904 & 06.—IV. About the 
gardens of Dunloe Castle and Churchtown House, 1901-09.— 
VI. Sparingly on the railway bank near Killarney and about 
a mile to the east, on the Headford road, 1903-11 ; in the 
Home Park near the mouth of the Deenagh stream, 1904, 
in the Muckross demesne west of the Abbey, 1908 ; sparingly 
near Molahiffe, 1903.—VII. Near the river at Killorglin and 
on walls about Milltown, sparingly, 1904; in a quarry at 
Clogherbrian and on the adjoining railway, 1892 ; frequent 
about Barrow Harbour, 1902; about the castle ruins at 
Castleisland, 1904.—VIII. About Ardconnell north of 
Ardfert, 1905-14 ; on the ruins of Abbeydorney, 1899 ; on 
roofs and walls west of Lixnaw bridge and near Causeway, 
1907 ; sparingly at Duagh between Listowel and Abbeyfeale, 
1894.—IX. Plentiful on an old church at Kilconly about 
two miles south of Beal, 1905: &.W.S.—still plentiful at 
Kilconly in 1913: Phillips. 
First record in 1889: &.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
In most of its Kerry stations this plant is an obvious 
relic of cultivation, and it rarely occurs far from habitations, 
past or present ; it may still often be seen growing in gardens, 
either as a self-sown weed, or cultivated for its reputed 
medicinal virtues. 
[V. vizcatum Stokes.—I. “ On the College grounds at 
West Green-lane near Kenmare, county of Kerry, where it 
was observed by Mr. George Clarke in Aug. 1804” : Mackay 
Rar. 1806, (as V. pulverulentum). About a dozen plants on 
a wall near Roughty bridge at the head of the Kenmare 
estuary and on waste ground adjoining: R.W.S. 1902— 
still there, but very sparingly, in 1913.—VI. A few plants on 
a wall in Killarney near the Post Office 1899-1909 : R.W.S. 
That the Roughty and Mackay’s Green-lane records refer 
to the same plant there can be no reasonable doubt. A 
place still known as Greenlane lies within a quarter of a 
mile of where the plant now grows, and there is a specimen, 
of V. virgatum from this locality in Mackay’s Herbarium. 
The continuance of this biennial plant in its Kenmare 
station for a period of at least 110 years is of great interest 
and almost warrants its inclusion in the Kerry as well as in 
the Irish floras. It shows, however, little or no tendency 
