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ATRIPLEX Linn. 
A. patula Linn. Orache (genus). 7 
Districts I. II. TI. IV. V. VI. VIE. VIIL IX. 
Colonist. Cultivated ground, roadsides and waste places. 
Rather common. Ann. July—September. 
From sea-level, to 720 feet on the Reeks (Hart), and prob- 
ably higher. 
First record in Cyb. 1866: Babington. 
Both A. erecta Huds. and A. angustifolia Smith occur, the 
latter being the more frequent as elsewhere in Ireland. 
A. hastata Linn. 
Districts I. — III. — V. VI. VIL. VIII. IX. 
Native, on gravelly and sandy sea shores ; as a colonist, on 
waste and cultivated ground. Common near the sea, rare 
inland. Ann. July—September. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. 
Plants referable to both A. triangularis and A. deltoidea 
of Babington are included in the distribution given above. 
In one or other of its forms, A. hastata occurs, probably, 
throughout the county. 
A. Babingtonii Woods. 
Districts [. II. TIE. — V. — VU. VII. IX. 
Native. Gravelly and sandy sea shores and along estuaries. 
Common. Ann. July—September. 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.1.A. 
This is much the most common of the genus in Kerry. 
It varies greatly in its manner of growth as well as in its 
colour, but both the red and green forms are frequent. It 
ascends to at least 400 feet on cliffs in the Blasket Islands 
(Barrington). 
A. portulacoides Linn.  Obione portulacoides Moq. 
Districts — — — — V. — VIL — — 
Native. Muddy and rocky sea shores. Very rare. Peren. 
August—September. 
V. Coast between Dingle and Castlemaine Bay (Moore) 
Cyb. 1866.—VII. ‘‘ Near the exit of the river Mang, not far 
from Calinafersy ”’ (Dr. Smith) Hist. of Kerry, 1756, p. 373, 
No. 12. 
First pecord in 1756: Dr. Smith, loc. cit. 
