230 LABIATA. [Thymus. 
The Wild Thyme is a very abundant and variable plant 
in Kerry. It frequently grows there to considerable size, 
and both Wade in his Plante Rariores 1804 and Mackay in 
1806, make reference to its growth on the limestone rocks 
about Killarney where it attains an almost shrubby luxuri- 
ance. A form with densely ciliate and very strongly veined 
leaves, gathered on sandhills round the coast, appears to be 
T. precoz Apiz. The Kerry Thymes, however, need much 
further investigation. 
T. Chamzdrys Fries. T. glaber Mill. 
Districts — Tl. I. — V. — — VII — 
Native. Sandhills, mountains, &e. Rare? Peren. July— 
September. 
III. Dooagh sandhills, Rossbehy, 1913: R.W.S.—V. On 
Brandon (Druce) Journ. of Bot. 1909, p. 384. On Fermoyle 
sandhills, 1913 : Praeger. A plant gathered in Maghanaboe 
glen, Connor Hill, 1905, appears best referred here, it grew 
abundantly in dense tufts on stony flats beside the river : 
Miss Delap & R.W.S.—VIII. On the sandhills near Banna 
west of Ardfert: R.W.S. 1889 (fide Ar. Bennett). 
Var. ovatus (Mill.)—II. Darrynane (Druce) Journ. of 
Bot. 1909, p. 385. 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
No doubt more widely distributed in Kerry than the 
above records would show. 
CALAMINTHA Linn. 
C. officinalis Moench. C. montana Lam. Clinopodium Cala- 
mintha O. Kuntze. Calamint. 
Districts I. I. — IV. — VI. Vi. — — 
Native. Limestone rocks, dry banks, roadsides, &c. Rare. 
Peren. July—September. Calcicole A. 
I. Near Kenmare : Mackay Rar. 1806. Frequent on the 
limestone about Kenmare and on roadsides from Kenmare 
to Kilgarvan: R.W.S. 1890 and in 1913. About Ardea 
Castle south-west of Cloonee, 1894.—II. At intervals on the 
limestone from Kenmare to Clashganniv, 1901, and on Dun- 
kerron and Greenane Islands, Kenmare Bay, 1904: R.W.S. 
Near Castle Cove : Druce 1907.—IV. Sparingly by the road- 
side between Beaufort and Churchtown, 1904-11 : Rk. W.S.— 
VI. On several of the islands in the Lower Lake, Killarney : 
Mackay Rar. 1806. At Killarney (Babington) Cyb. 1866. 
Rather frequent on the limestone about the Killarney Lakes, 
