Carez.] CYPERACE. 337 
C. hirta Linn. 
Districts — — — IV. V. VI. VIL — IX. 
Native. Wet pastures and marshy places. Locally abun- 
dant, but unevenly distributed and quite a rare plant over 
the greater portion of the county. Peren. May—June. 
Rare in the following Districts—IV. Near the Gap of Dun- 
loe, 1912: Mrs. Jenner. In several places about the River 
Laune, 1903: &.W.S.—V. On the coast between Cloghane 
and Stradbally, Brandon Bay, 1902: Marshall & Shoolbred. 
On the east side of Dingle Harbour, 1905.—IX. Near the 
Cashen Ferry bridge and abundant on damp spots in the 
sandhills and elsewhere about Ballybunnion, near Beal 
Castle and abundant in a swampy wood at Letter Point on 
the Shannon, 1890-1908 : 2.W.S. 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
Var. sprnosa Mort.—VI. On Brown Island and the 
Muckross shore, Lower Lake Killarney, 1888-1902: 
Marshall & RWS. 
C. riparia Curt. 
Districts — — — — — VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Ditches, swampy ground and about streams. 
Locally abundant in the north of the county, not yet seen 
in the south. Peren. May. 
VI. Abundant in a swamp by the Monk’s Walk east of 
Muckross Abbey: &.W.S. 1899, and in 1911; in several 
localities on the south side of the River Maine, 1903.— 
VII. Frequent about Killorglin and Castlemaine, 1904; 
sparingly near the Spa, Tralee Bay, 1902.—VIII. In swamps 
near the sea north of Rahoneen near Ardfert ; ditches north 
of Abbeydorney and along the old River Brick, 1907.— 
IX. In ditches near Cashen Ferry bridge and in a ditch 
near the shore about two miles north-west of Tarbert, 
1890-1908 : R.W.S. 
First record in 1888: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot. 
The fertile spikes of this sedge are much attacked in Kerry 
by a fungus or rust, probably the same species—Ustilago 
olivacea—mentioned by Mr. Colgan in his Flora of the Co. 
Dublin, as infesting this plant about Donabate. 
GC. ampullacea Good. C. inflata Huds. C. rostrata Stokes. 
Districts I. ID. II. IV. V. VI. VI. VIII. IX. 
Native. In shallow water, ditches and other swampy places. 
Common and locally abundant, but rare in the extreme north. 
Peren. May—June. 
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