320 CYPERACES. {Rynchospora. 
RYNCHOSPORA Vahl. 
R. fusca Roem. & Schult. 
Districts I. II. IJ. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Spongy bogs and, rarely, in small boggy hollows in 
rocky ground. Rather common and locally abundant in the 
south, very local in the Dingle peninsula and in the north. 
Peren. July—August. Calcifuge A. 
I. In several localities about the Cloonee Lakes: Hart, 
Praeger & R.W.S. Near Lauragh, Derreen, Eskadawer 
bridge, &c., 1894-1907. II. Abundant south of the Upper 
Lake, Killarney, 1903; near Tahilla and frequent about 
Sneem, 1889-1913, and about the upper Lake at Waterville, 
1892.— III. Near Maulcore Lough towards the head of the 
Inny valley; in Carhan bog near Cahersiveen ; in many 
places in the Glencar valley, as near the Bunglasha school- 
house, about Drombrane Lough, in Kealboy bog, &c.; in 
several places north and north-west of Caragh Lake, 1889- 
1913: &.W.S—IV. In wet bogs near the bottom of the 
Purple Mountain, Killarney : Mackay Rar. 1806. Still in 
Mackay’s station, &c., in the Black Valley, and in the Owen- 
reagh valley south of this ; in many spots in the Glencar 
valley from Caragh Lake to Loughs Cloon and Reagh ; in 
several spots near Cottoner’s River nearly as far as the River 
Laune and near Baunclune House, &c., 1889-1907 : R.W.S.— 
V. Near the base of Connor Hill, Dingle (Moore) Cyb. 1866. 
Abundant near Lough Slat south of Castlegregory, 1890.— 
VI. Rather sparingly near the Killarney-Kenmare road about 
half a mile west of Mulgrave police barracks, 1901; in 
Sheheree bog near Killarney, and thence at intervals, to the 
big bog north of Lough Guitane, especially abundant near 
the Doo Loughs ; in a large bog south of Headford, 1887— 
1903.—VII. About Lough Yganavan near Castlemaine 
Harbour, 1905 ; in Bawnaskehy bog south of Castleisland, 
1888.—VIII. Between the Brick and Cashen Rivers north 
of Lixnaw, 1902.—IX. Sparingly on the north-west side of 
Knockanore Mountain near Ballybunnion, 1894: R.W.S. 
From sea-level, to 500 feet near the Killarney-Kenmare 
road (R.W.S.), but usually quite lowland. 
First record for Kerry and Ireland in 1806 : Mackay Rar. 
This is one of the most characteristic plants of bogs in the 
west of Ireland. It ranges almost throughout its western 
half, from south-west Cork to south Donegal, and is already 
on record for 21 out of the 40 sub-divisions in Topographical 
Botany. In Kerry it occurs often in great abundance, 
especially in the south of the county, growing usually in 
