238 PLANTAGINE A. [Plantago. 
Ranges on Brandon from 1,250 feet (Hart), to 2,200 feet 
(R.W.S.). 
Firse record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 85. 
As a mountain plant this species appears to be confined 
in Kerry to the Brandon range. 
P. Coronopus Linn. Buck’s-horn Plantain. 
Districts I. Ul. TT. — V. — VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Turfy places, banks, rocks, pastures, &c., near the 
sea. Common. Peren. June—September. 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
Occurs inland on the sandy east margin of Lough Ygana- 
van, a fresh water lake, 1896-1905, with Plantago manttima 
and Carex arenaria. 
Var. CERATOPHYLLUM Rapin.—V. About Fermoyle and 
Stradbally, Brandon Bay (Marshall & Shoolbred) R.W.S. 
1903. This luxuriant form of the very variable P. Coronopus 
appears to be not infrequent round the Kerry coast. 
[P. mep1a Linn.—VI. Seven or eight small patches on the 
garden lawn at Southhill, Killarney, 1909: R.W.S. Most 
probably introduced there with grass seed.]} 
LITTORELLA Bergius. 
L. lacustris Linn. JL. uniflora Aschers. L.juncea Bergius. 
Districts I. ID OL IV. V. Vi. Vit. VII. — 
Native. Lake margins, in shallow ponds and along sluggish 
streams. Rather common and locally abundant. Peren. 
June—August. Calcifuge B. 
From sea-level, to 1,450 fect in Lough Ferta, Teermoyle 
Mountain, Glenbeigh, to 1,550 feet in Glas Lough on the 
Purple Mountain and to 1,590 feet in Lough Googh, Reeks 
(B.W.S.). 
First record in 1825: Mackay Cat. 
(‘‘ Herniapia, Gerar. Rupture wort, on Lamb-head near 
the mouth of the river of Kenmare” (Dr. Smith) Hist. of 
Kerry, 1756, p. 377, No. 48. Not seen there since and most 
likely the record is due to some confusion of plant-names 
by Dr. Smith ; can he have meant Empetrum nigrum, which 
is abundant on this headland ? 
Kerry is also credited with the only other Irish record 
for Herniaria. Mr. W. Andrews distributed many specimens 
of “ Herniaria glabra” through the Botanical Society of 
