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MYRICACES. 
MYRICA Linn. 
M. Gale Linn. Bog Myrtle. 
Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Bogs and wet moory ground. Common and locally 
abundant. A small bush. May—June. Calcifuge B. 
From sea-level, to 1,000 feet on Brandon (Hart), to 1,025 
feet in the Roughty valley, to 1,100 feet in the Slaheny 
valley (R.W.S.), and to the same height on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1857: Rev. W. M. Hind, Phytol., p. 25. 
CUPULIFER &. 
BETULA Linn. 
B. pubescens Ehrh. B. glutinosa Fries. | Common Birch. 
Districts I. I]. IT. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Woods, mountain slopes and glens, roadsides, &c. 
Common. Tree. April—May. 
From sea-level, to 1,280 feet by Lough Barrot near 
Connor Hill, to 1,380 feet on the Reeks (Hart), and to 1,550 
feet by Glas Lough on the Purple Mountain (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1806: Isaac Weld’s Killarney, p. 133. 
This is much the more common form of Birch in Kerry 
where it occurs both as an upland and a lowland tree. As 
might be expected from its frequency and attractive growth, 
the Irish equivalent for Birch, Beith [beh], enters freely into 
Kerry place-names ; the following two examples may be 
given—Rossbehy, or the Point of the Birches, a little water- 
ing place on Dingle Bay, and Beheenagh, or the Place abound- 
ing in Birch, which is situated in the north of the county 
near the River Feale. 
Many fine trees occur about Killarney especially along the 
roadside between Five Mile bridge and Derrycunnihy ; one 
measured here in June, 1903, was 74 feet in girth at 6 feet 
from the ground, while another was rather over 8 feet at 
2 feet from the ground. 
[B. verrucosa Ehrh. B. alba Linn., in part. This tree 
appears to be confined to the lowlands in Kerry where it 
occurs nearly throughout the county planted in woods, 
hedges, demesnes and about houses, &c. It has nowhere the 
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