258 CUPULIFERS. [ Betula. 
look of a native and occupies a position in the county 
similar to that occupied by Ulmus campestris. 
In addition to the trees that can be referred to one or 
other of the above species, there are many Birches met with 
about Killarney and elsewhere in the county, that cannot 
with certainty be included under either ; some of these are 
almost certainly hybrids as has been suggested by several 
observers. | 
ALNUS Mill. | 
A. glutinosa Gaertn. A. rotundifolia Mill. Alder. 
Districts I. II. II. IV. V. VI. VIT. VIII. IX. 
Native. River banks, damp woods and hedges, and other 
swampy places. Common. Tree. March. 
From sea-level, to 650 feet above Lough Coomasaharn, 
Glenbeigh, and to 900 feet near houses on the Loo Bridge- 
Ballyvourney road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1805: John Carr, “ A Stranger in Ireland 
in the year 1805.” 
Some fine Alders grow in the swampy woods about 
Killarney ; one in the Home Park near the Ross road, 
measured in 1904, was nearly 64 feet in girth at three feet 
from the ground. 
CORYLUS Linn. 
C. Avellana Linn. Hazel. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VIL. VII. IX. 
Native. Thickets, rocky places, hedges, &c. Common. 
A bush or small tree. February—March. 
From sea-level, to 850 feet on the Reeks (Hart), to 900 feet 
in the Slaheny valley and to 950 feet in the Horse’s Glen, 
Mangerton (#.W.8.). 
First record in 1882: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
This sometimes attains considerable dimensions about 
the Killarney lakes. A tree measured in 1904 near the Derry- 
cunnihy stream below the Queen’s Cottage slightly exceeded 
six feet in girth at two feet from the ground where it divided 
into several branches. 
QUERCUS Linn. 
Q. Robur Linn. Oak. 
Districts T. UI. II. IV. V. VI. VII. VIIL Ix. 
Native. Woods, hedges, rocky places, &. Common. A 
large tree. April—May. 
