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Pinguicula.] LENTIBULARIEA. 223 
1892, abundant in the upper part of Glanageenty glen north 
of Gortatlea, 1890; in bogs about Castleisland, 1888 : 
R.W.S. A fine patch by the Owveg River, Kilmaniheen 
West about four miles south of Abbeyfeale, 1903, and— 
VIII. On a boggy mountain-top near Rylane west of Abbey- 
feale, 1902: Rev. W. EH. Bentley. [Sparingly in a wet bog 
near Lixnaw, 1890—leaves only : R.W.S.J—IX. About the 
edge of a wet bog a mile and a half on the Listowel side of 
Tarbert, 1904 : Rev. W. H. Bently. [Sparingly in a small glen 
by the Shannon estuary south of Beale Point, 1889—leaves 
only: &.W.S8.] 
From sea-level, to 2,200 feet on the Slieve Mish range 
(Colgan), to 2,350 feet on Mangerton (R.W.S.), and to 2,800 
feet on the Reeks (Druce). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 85— 
““ Towards the head of the Kenmare river, there are several 
islands . . . . they abound also with . . . butter- 
wort, ulmaria,”’ &c. 
Like the Arbutus and Saxifraga Geum—two other Kerry 
members of the Cantabrian group—Pinguicula grandiflora 
has a very restricted range. All three species are confined 
in Ireland to Kerry and Cork, and are not known to occur 
as natives elsewhere in the British Isles. On the Continent, 
the Pinguicula ranges through northern Spain and Portugal, 
the Pyrenees, the Alps of France and Switzerland to north 
lat. 473°, a gap of four degrees separating its Irish stations 
from the nearest Continental locality. There appears, how- 
ever, to be nothing in the habit of this plant to prevent it 
flourishing outside its somewhat restricted Irish range. A 
colony of about six roots planted in 1879 on the east side of 
Blackstairs Mountain, Co. Wexford, had greatly increased 
by 1896, vide Irish Nat. 1896, p. 212. Another colony 
introduced into a bog near Penzance has spread until the 
plant is now abundant there; very possibly, the recently 
discovered Clare locality—vide Irish Nat. 1903, p. 269— 
owes its origin to the same well-meant but misleading 
endeavour to extend the range of this beautiful plant. 
Opinions appear to be very divided as to the claims of 
Pinguicula grandiflora to full specific rank, and although 
most authorities treat it as a species, forms connecting it 
with P. vulgaris certainly occur and have been gathered in 
various parts of the county by Marshall, Shoolbred, Druce, 
R.W.S. and others ; it is quite possible, however, that they 
may be hybrids. These intermediate forms or hybrids are 
more frequently met with in the Alps and Pyrenees than 
