256 URTICACE. [Urtica. 
due to the tourist track up Mangerton which just reaches the 
shelter referred to, where ponies await the return of visitors 
to the summit. The nettle has been most probably intro- 
duced with pony fodder, but appears to thrive well even at 
this elevation, the highest known for it in Ireland. 
U. urens Linn. 
Districts I. II. II. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Colonist. Cultivated ground, waste places, about dwellings, 
&c. Rather common. Ann. April—September. 
First record in 1901: R.W.S., Topog. Bot. 
More frequent in the north of the county than in the 
south and near the sea than inland; it appears to be 
especially fond of waste places about houses. 
PARIJETARIA Linn. 
P. officinalis Linn. P. diffusa Koch. P. ramiflora Moench. 
Wall Pellitory. 
Districts I. II. — IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Old walls, rocks and stony banks. Rare in the 
south, rather common elsewhere, especially near the sea. 
Peren. May—October. Calcicole B. 
I. On limestone rocks near the mouth of the River Finnihy, 
Kenmare, 1900 ; about Ardea Castle, &c., south of Cloonee, 
1894.—II. Sparingly near, the mouth of the Finnihy, Ken- 
mare, 1900; on the old Church at Templenoe near Cush 
Point, Kenmare Bay, 1889.—IV. On walls about Churchtown 
west of Beaufort, 1904.—V. About Castlegregory, Ventry 
and frequent about Dingle, 1890-1907.—VI. In several 
places about Killarney, as on Ross Castle, on the Ross 
road, &c., 1888-1914; on Ballymalis Castle by the River 
Laune, 1903; plentiful about Molahiffe, &c., 1903.— 
VII. About Killorglin, Currans, Castleisland, Tralee, Fenit, 
Barrow Harbour, &c., 1888-1914.—VIII. Ardfert, Banna, 
Ballyheige, &c.; and, inland, on Ballymacquin Castle, 
Lixnaw, and Ballinruddery near Listowel, 1894-1914.— 
TX. Frequent near the sea in this District and occurring 
inland about Listowel, 1889-1907 : R.W.S. 
First record in 1890: Stewart, Proc. R.I.A. : 
Shows decided calcicole tendencies in Kerry which, no 
doubt, explains its frequent occurrence on old castles, 
walls, &c. 
