Juniperus.) CONIFER... 269 
I. Several very old bushes on a small island in the Middle 
Cloonee Lake, 1900: R.W.S.—II. ‘‘ On some of the islands 
towards the head of Kenmare river ” (Dr. Smith) Hist. of 
Kerry, 1756, p. 85. On Abbey Island and in several other 
places about Darrynane, 1905 ; abundant on the north side 
of Lamb’s Head, 1904: R.W.S.—III. On the west side of 
Beginish Island, Valencia Harbour, 1892: G. Z. Bruce. In 
Coarhabeg bog near Bray Head, Valencia Island, 1907: 
Miss Delap—tiIV. At 1,800 feet on Carn Tual, Reeks: 
Druce 1891.—V. Sparingly at 1,650 feet above Lough 
Nalacken on Brandon Mountain : Hart 1884.—VI. Found by 
an apothecary on one of the islands in Lough Lane, Killarney 
(Dr. Molyneux) Phil. Trans., 1697, No. 227—as “* Sabina.” 
Recorded also under the same name—“ Sabina ” or ““ Savin” 
—as found “ in the islands of Lough-Lane (Dr. Smith) Hist. 
of Kerry, 1756, p. 381, No. 87. Still occurs sparingly about 
the Lower Lake, Killarney, as on Cow Island and on one or 
two rocky islets near Ardnagluggen Point on the Muckross 
shore, 1912: R.W.S. 
From sea-level in several places, to 1,650 feet on Brandon 
(Hart), and to 1,800 feet on the Reeks (Druce). 
First record in 1697 : Dr. Molyneux, Phil. Trans., No. 227, 
p. 511, as “ Sabina,” a name applied by early writers to 
J. nana. This is the earliest definite botanical record for 
Kerry, a record it shares with Sazifraga umbrosa. 
What J. nana really is, subspecies, variety or merely a 
state, is still uncertain. Mr. Elwes and Prof. Henry in their 
Trees of Great Britain and Ireland state that seeds of J. nana 
sown at Berlin produced plants indistinguishable from 
J. communis, while the common Juniper cultivated on Mont 
Blanc at an elevation of 6,800 feet assumed the habit of 
J. nana in three years. Both these bushes, however, appear 
to retain their respective forms about the shores of the 
Killarney Lakes where they are found growing within a few 
miles of each other at little above sea level. 
{J. Saprna Linn. Savin. Dr. Molyneux’s record for this 
plant in Phil.. Trans. 1697, and Dr. Smith’s in his Hist. of 
Kerry, 1756, are referred to J. nana, vide supra.] 
TAXUS Linn. 
T. baccata Linn. Yew. Palms. 
Districts I. IT. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Rocky places, woods and’ thickets, &c. Rather 
rare. A small tree. March—April. 
