282 ORCHIDES. [Habenaria, 
From sea-level, to 700 feet on Brandon (Hart), and to 
975 feet near the Brosna-Mount Eagle road (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1882: Hart, Proc. RI.A. 
IRIDE &. 
TRIS Linn. 
I. Pseud-acorus Linn. Yellow Flag. Flagger. 
Districts I. II. ITI. IV. V. VI. VI. VII. IX. 
Native. Marshy places, wet meadows, stream- and lake- 
sides, ditches, &. Verycommon. Peren. Mid May—July. 
From sea-level, to 950 feet in the Roughty valley (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1806: Weld’s Killarney, p. 111. 
The prevailing if not the only form of this plant in Kerry 
appears to be the var. ACORIFORMIS (Boreau). 
[I. ratipissima Linn. Gladdon.—II. Sparingly in Derry- 
quin woods near Parknasilla, 1907.—V. In the wood at Hill- 
ville near Fermoyle, Brandon Bay, 1908: R&.W.S.—VI. 
Muckross, Killarney (Admiral Jones) Cyb. 1866—still in the 
Muckross shrubberies in two or three spots, 1914.—VII. In 
Kiltallagh graveyard north-east of Castlemaine, 1901.— 
IX. Sparingly near Knockanure Chapel north of Kilmorna, 
1899: R.W.S. This is a rare plant in Kerry even as an 
escape ; it deserves to be mentioned here, however, for its 
persistence in the Muckross shrubberies where it has been 
known for many years. Wade in his Plante Rariores 1804, 
ascribes a somewhat unexpected virtue to the roots of this 
Tris, ‘‘ swine bitten by a mad dog have escaped the disease 
by taking the fresh roots mixed with their food, whilst 
others bitten by the same dog died raving mad.’’] 
SISYRINCHIUM. Linn. 
S. angustifoliam Mill. 8S. Bermudianum Linn. S. anceps 
Cav. Blue-eyed Canadian Grass. 
Districts I. I WT. — V. Vi. VII — — 
Native. Moist pastures and meadows, about streams and 
lakes, and in damp heathery places. Rare, but usually 
abundant where it occurs. Peren. June—August. 
I. Between the Lower and Middle Cloonee Lakes (Dr. 
Fogerty), and in two spots by the River Sheen near Droman- 
assig bridge (Praeger) Irish Nat. 1898, p. 227. Still below 
Dromanassig bridge in 1904, and abundant and fine along 
