Bartsia.] A SCROPHULARINEZ. 215 
From sea-level, to 1,800 feet on the Connor Hill road 
(Druce). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Both the recognised forms of this plant—a. verna (Reichb.) 
and b. serotina (Reichb.) occur commonly in the county, the 
latter apparently being the more frequent. Both flower 
late in Kerry as elsewhere in Ireland, although the former 
has been noticed in full bloom by the beginning of July. 
B. viscosa Linn. Lufragia viscosa Benth. 
Districts I. II. TW. IV. V. VI. Vil. VII. — 
Native. Poor boggy pastures, damp meadows, roadsides, 
&c. Common and locally abundant except in the extreme 
north, where it is either very rare or absent. Ann. July— 
September. 
Rare in the following District—VIII. By the cross-road 
from Shanow bridge by the old road to Fahavane, Kilflyn, 
1877: Rev. W. Raymond. Sparingly near Rahoneen and 
Banna west of Ardfert, and in a few other localities in that 
neighbourhood, 1914; sparingly about Kerry Head, 1902, 
and near Ballingarry, Shannon shore, 1908 ; near Abbey- 
dorney, 1907, and in a bog between Causeway and Bally- 
heige, 1905; sparingly near Ballyduff, 1902; Sheepwall, 
1908, and between Moneycashen and Cashen Ferry bridge, 
1902: #.W.S.—thins out perceptibly in this District and 
has not yet been seen in IX. 
From sea-level, to 700 feet on Brandon Mountain and the 
Reeks (Hart), to the same height beside the Roughty- 
Ballyvourney and Kenmare-Killarney roads, and to 925 
feet on the Connor Hill road (2.W.S.). 
First record in 1806 : Mackay Rar.— Plentiful in ditches 
at Calnafersy ; near Dingle,” &c. 
There is an interesting parallelism between the Irish dis- 
tribution of this and another characteristic Kerry species, 
Carum verticillatum. Widely distributed and locally abun- 
dant in south and mid Kerry, both of them thin out towards 
the north of the county, and disappear completely from 
West Ireland for an interval of fully 150 miles, to reappear 
in Donegal, where, however, they occur each in only a single 
station. In Kerry the Bartsia is most plentiful in the west, 
where it may be seen in great profusion in many of the poor 
peaty fields in the Dingle peninsula and about Glenbeigh, 
Waterville, Ballinskelligs, &c. ; in these districts whole plots 
may be seen quite yellow with the plant, which sometimes 
attains a height of two feet. 
