224 LENTIBULARIES. [Pinguicula. 
in south-west Ireland where P. vulgaris is rare, and P. 
grandiflora assumes its most extreme form. 
Colour varities are very rarely met with in this plant ; 
forms with pure white fiowers are, however, occasionally 
seen and have been gathered in the Gap of Dunloe by Lady 
Godfrey and on the east side of Caragh Lake by Capt. Creaghe- 
Haward, while pale lilac forms have been sent to the writer 
by Mrs. Jenner from the Gap of Dunloe and are recorded in 
the Irish Nat. 1906, p. 154, as occurring also on the shores 
of the Lower Lake, Killarney. 
The flowering period is rarely extended beyond the first 
week in July except in some of its more sheltered mountain 
localities such as Connor Hill, &c., where it may be seen in 
good flower sometimes until the middle of that month. 
Isolated but healthy lowland plants have been found in full 
bloom, however, as late as the 8th, 11th and 22nd of August. 
Owing to its early flowering, few visitors to the south-west 
of Ireland have the opportunity of seeing this lovely plant 
at its best. No one who has seen its groups of deep violet 
‘flowers—sometimes over an inch in diameter—on the black 
dripping rocks of Connor Hill, or on the boggy roadsides 
between Killarney and Kenmare, will deny its claim to be 
considered the most beautiful member of the Irish flora. 
This plant is considered by Kerry peasants in the neigh- 
bourhood of Kenmare, the Slaheny valley, &c., to be.fatal 
to sheep if eaten by them. - 
P. lusitanica Linn. Pale Butierwort. 
Districts I. I. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. In bogs, by mountain streams, damp roadsides 
and other wet places. Common over the greater portion 
of the county although seldom in any quantity, rare in the 
north. Peren. June—September. Calcifuge A. 
Rare in the following Districts—VIII. Near Ballyheige, 
1882: Rev. W. Raymond. In two or three spots about Kerry 
Head, 1902; frequent in bogs north of Lixnaw, 1905.— 
IX. Sparingly in several bogs east of Cashen Ferry bridge, 
1894; in Shronowen bog between Listowel and Bally- 
longford, 1902 ; in a bog south of the Galey River on the 
Listowel-Tarbert road, 1904: R.W.S. 
From sea-level, to 1,200 feet on Turner’s Mountain near 
the Glengarriff tunnel (R.W.S.), to 1,300 feet on Connor 
Hill (Druce), to 1,450 feet east of Lough Callee, Reeks, and to 
1,550 feet on the Coomacarrea Mountains, Glenbeigh (R. W.S.). 
First record in 1806: Mackay Rar. 
