334 CYPERACES. (Carex. 
C. distans Linn. 
Districts I. IT. III. — V. — VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Salt marshes, wet places about sea cliffs and other 
damp spots near the sea. Rather common. Peren. May— 
June. 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
C. punctata Gaud. 
Districts I. Il. WT. — V. — —. VUl — 
Native. Brackish marshes, damp spots about sea cliffs and 
in wet stony places near the sea. Rather common and 
sometimes abundant in the south, rare and local elsewhere. 
Peren. June. 
I. Near Croanshagh bridge, by Doorus Lake west of 
Derreen and in several spots near the mouth of the Cloonee 
River, 1894 ; among the limestone rocks near the mouth of 
the River Finnihy below Kenmare, and—II. Near the 
mouth of the Finnihy on the north side: R.W.S. 1890, and 
in 1901. At Sneem (J. Woods) Phytol. 1855, p. 157. In 
many places along the north side of Kenmare Bay, as by the 
shore west of Blackwater bridge, between Tahilla and 
Parknasilla, frequent about Sneem and along the coast near 
Gleesk, &c., about Castlecove and abundant in many places 
between Caherdaniel and Darrynane Harbour, on Abbey 
Island, on Lamb’s Head, &c. ; on the shore of Ballinskelligs 
Bay near Loher.—III. Near the old Cahersiveen road about 
three miles north of the River Inny, about Portmagee and 
around Lough Kay near Doulus Head. 1889-1913: R.W.S. 
1890, &c.—V. ‘‘ Near the mouth of the harbour, about a 
mile or so from Dingle, near a tower occupied by the revenue 
service ” (D. Oliver) Phytol. 1853, p. 1095. On wet ledges 
in the sea-cliffs about a mile east of Ventry : R.W.S. 1891.— 
VIII. Sparingly on the cliffs between Ballyheige and Kerry 
Head: R.W.S. 1889. 
Ascends to 325 feet on sea cliffs at Lamb’s Head (R.W.S.). 
First record for Kerry and Ireland in 1853: D. Oliver, 
Phytol., p. 1095. 
This sedge appears to be confined in Ireland to the counties 
of Cork and Kerry, and has its headquarters about the 
shores of the lower portion of Kenmare Bay or River, 
becoming gradually more abundant as the western ex- 
tremity of this bay is approached. Although restricted 
usually to the neighbourhood of the sea, it has been noticed 
growing nearly two miles inland north of Sneem, which 
village is itself about two miles north of Kenmare Bay ; it 
occurs again at nearly the same distance from the sea about 
