254 EUPHORBIACE. (Euphorbia. 
E. Peplus Linn. Petty Spurge. 
Districts I. If. QU. IV. V. VI. VILE. VII. IX. 
Colonist. Cultivated ground, waste places, banks and walls. 
Common. Ann. May—September. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. 
[E. exicva Linn. Dwarf Spurge. Although long sought 
for, this plant has not yet been seen in Kerry and if not 
quite absent it must be very rare indeed there. It occurs 
in all the adjoining counties but is local, generally, along 
the west coast of Ireland. It is not unlikely, however, to 
be found as a colonist in some of the well cultivated areas 
near the sea as about Castlegregory, Ardfert, &c.] 
[MzercvRiaLis annua Linn.—IX. “On the shore near 
Beal Castle, plentifully ’ (Dr. Smith) Hist. of Kerry, 1756, 
p. 379, No. 67. Not there now, nor is this a very likely 
locality for such a lover of cultivated ground and waste 
urban sites. So far, neither M. annua nor M. perennis are 
known to occur in the county and most probably the record 
quoted above is due to some confusion of names.] 
URTICACES. 
ULMUS Linn. 
U. montana With. Wych Elm. 
Districts I. II]. OUT. IV. V. Vi. VII. VIII. IX. 
Denizen or Alien. Hedges, woods, &c. Rather common. 
Tree. February—March. 
First record in 1756 : Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 205. 
The Wych Elm rarely occurs in wild-looking stations in 
Kerry where it has been almost certainly introduced. The 
date of its introduction into the county, however, must be 
very remote, for it appears to have given its name to the 
River Laune which according to Dr. Joyce is equivalent to 
Leamhain or the Elm River (vide Irish Names of Places, 
lst Series, p. 490), one of the few instances known of the 
Elm entering into the place-names of this country. Dr. 
Smith, moreover, in his History of Kerry speaks of large Elms 
as among the “improvements” seen by him in various 
demesnes and as both U. montana and U. campestris are 
frequent in such localities, the Wych Elm must have been 
established in the county long before 1756. 
