Salsola.] CHENOPODIACEA. 243 
SALSOLA Linn. 
S. Kali Linn. Prickly Saltwort. 
Districts — — IN. — V. — VIE. VII. IX. 
Native. Sandy sea shores. Rathercommon. Ann. July— 
September. 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 378, 
No. 53. “On the sea shore ail along the bottom of Bally- 
heige strand.” 
This is much less frequent than either of the preceding 
plants and rarely occurs in any abundance, 
POLYGONACEA. 
POLYGONUM Linn, 
P. Convolvuluas Linn. Climbing Buckwheat. 
Districts I. Of. III. IV. V. Vi. VII. VIE. IX. 
Colonist. Cultivated ground and waste places. Common. 
Ann. July—September. 
First record in 1901: R.W.S., Topog. Bot, 
P. aviculare Linn. Knotgrass. 
Districts I. If. I. IV. V. VI. VI0. VIII. IX. 
Native. Cultivated ground, roadsides, sandy and waste 
places. Common. Ann. June—September. 
From sea-level, to 1,100feet in crops by the Roughty valley 
road and to 1,325 feet on the Connor Hill road (&.W.S.). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
A very variable plant in Kerry as elsewhere. The pros- 
trate sandhill form P. arenastrum (Boreau) has been gathered 
in many stations round the coast. 
P, Raii Bab. 
Districts I. — Il. — V. — VIL — IX. 
Native. Sandy sea shores. Rather rare. Ann. July— 
September. 
JT. Sparingly on the shore near Lehid north of Derreen, 
1894,—ITI. Sparingly on the shore near Dooaghs, Rossbehy 
Creek, 1903: R.W.S. On the Rossbehy sandhills, 1912: 
Mrs. Jenner.—V. Below Camp, Tralee Bay, and at Smer- 
wick west of Dingle: Hart 1884. On the shore between 
Camp and Castlegregory, 1894, and on Ventry sandhills, 
