274 ORCHIDES. [Neottia. 
quantity in the same locality from year to year ; quite 40 or 
50 plants were once seen along a short stretch of the Tore 
road where hardly a plant could be found the following 
year. It is very rare in Kerry outside the Killarney district. 
LISTERA R. Br. 
L. cordata R. Br. 
Districts — — Jil. IV. V. VI — — — 
Native. Amongst damp mosses under Heather in mountain 
districts. Rare. Peren. June—August. 
III. Above Roads Lough on Kells Mountain, Dingle Bay, 
1892 (Colgan & R.W.S.) Cyb. 1898. Above Lough Cooma- 
saharn, Glenbeigh, 1906.—IV. In several places on the 
south-east slopes of the Purple Mountain ascending there to 
2,450 feet, 1904: R.W.S. 1908.—V. In the Feany valley, 
Brandon ; on Ballydavid and Brandon Heads: Hart 1884. 
On Slievedonagh, Great Blasket Island, at 700-900 feet 
(Praeger & Stelfox) Irish Nat. 1912, p. 160. In several 
localities about Connor Hill, as above Lough Clogharee, 
frequent about the Peddler’s Lake, Lough Camclaun, &c., 
1902-08 : R.W.S.—VI. Under an Oak by the roadside at 
Derrycunnihy, Upper Lake, Killarney (Praeger) Irish Nat. 
1898, p.227. Above Lough Glannafreaghaun to the east 
of the Paps Mountain (Marshall & R.W.S.) R.W.S. 1904. 
On the north side of this mountain above Lough Nageeha, 
1910, and frequent on the lower slopes of Mangerton west of 
Lough Garagarry, 1904: R.W.S. 
Ranges from about 125 feet near the Killarney Lakes 
(Praeger), to 1,300 feet on Brandon (Hart), and to 2,450 feet 
on the Purple Mountain (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1884: Hart, Proc. RIA. 
Few plants escape observation better than this little 
Orchid. Its favourite haunt is amongst mosses growing 
about the roots and stems of Calluna and Erica cinerea, and 
it is not until this growth, sometimes two or three feet in 
depth, has been separated that the plant can be seen. It is, 
no doubt, much more widely distributed in the county than 
the above records would show. 
L. ovata R. Br. Twayblade. 
Districts I. — IW. IV. — VI. VII. VIII. Ix. 
Native. Moist woods and pastures. Rather rare. Peren. 
June—July. 
I. In several localities about Kenmare, as in a wood below 
Mucksna and on both the north and south sides of the 
