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range (R.W.S.), to 2,650 feet on Brandon (Hart), to 2,756 
feet on Mangerton summit (Mackay & R.W.S.), and to 
3,150 feet on the Reeks (Hart)—all var. Montanum Johnst. 
First record in 1825: Mackay Cat. 
The prevailing plant in Kerry is a form with deep yellow 
flowers, very near to, if not identical with, the var. HIANS 
Druce. Many of these lowland plants are very broad-leaved 
and might almost be referred to the var. LATIFOLIUM Schueb. 
& Mart., which, however, is usually described as having 
‘pale yellow flowers. 
Var. MontaNuM Johnst. This is found on all the higher 
mountains in Kerry. It nowhere occurs in any quantity, 
usually as scattered plants, and is the only form so far seen 
in District 'V. 
OROBANCHES2. 
OROBANCHE Linn. 
O. rubra Smith. Broom-rape (genus). 
District — — — — Ww —- —- — — 
Native. Dry banks on the sea coast, parasitical on Thymus. 
Very rare and local. Peren. June—August. 
V. Sparingly on dry banks between the quay at Dunquin 
and Dunmore Head (Praeger & Stelfox) Irish Nat. 1912, 
p- 163. 
First record in 1912: Praeger & Stelfox, loc. cit. 
This is a welcome addition to the flora of Kerry and 
marks the southern limit of the Irish distribution of this 
plant. Except in a few localities in Antrim, Derry, and 
in the extreme north of Clare, O. rubra is a very rare plant 
in Ireland. 
O. Hederz Duby. 
Districts — II. — — — VI. Vil. Vil. — 
Native. About walls and rocks, and in woods, parasitical 
on Ivy. Rare, but often abundant where it occurs. Peren. 
June—A ugust. 
II. Sparingly on Dunkerron and Greenane Islands, 
Kenmare Bay, 1904 ; on rocks in one or two places on the 
south side of Darrynane estuary and by a small bay opposite 
Beara Rocks between Caherdaniel and West Cove: &.W.S. 
1890.—VI. “‘ Upon the ruined Abbey of Muckross, and in 
several islands in the lake of Killarney near the roots of Ivy, 
on which plant it seems to grow parasitically, 1804” : 
