342 GRAMINEA. [Psamma. 
carry away this sedge, as they frequently do for thatch and 
other purposes, the sea and wind make great irruptions into 
the sandhills.” 
This grass was found by Messrs. Praeger and Stelfox 
growing along the dry top of high cliffs on the south side of 
the Great Blasket Island where there was no trace of sand, 
a most unusual station. 
AIRA Linn. 
A. caryophyllea Linn. Airopsis caryophyllea Fries. 
Districts I. II. II. IV. V. VI. VII. VI. IX. 
Native. Heaths, banks, walls, sandy fields and waste places. 
Common. Ann. May—June. 
From sea-level, to 1,010 feet on the Reeks (Hart), to 1,075 
feet on Mangerton, to 1,169 feet on the summit of the 
Slaheny valley road and to 1,250 feet on Connor Hill (R.W.S.) 
First record in 1857: Rev. W. M. Hind, Phytol., p. 98. 
Var. agcrecaTa (Tim.). This appears to be not in- 
frequent in the county and has been gathered at Kenmare 
(Druce), near Cloghane (Marshall), and in several places 
about Killarney, &. (R.W.S.). 
A. precox Linn. Airopsis precox Fries. 
Districts I. Ul. ITI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIl. IX. 
Native. Heaths, bare stony or sandy places, dry banks, 
wall-tops, &e. Common. Ann. May—June. 
From sea-level, to 1,800 feet on the Reeks (Hart), and to 
2,250 feet on Mangerton (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 377, 
No. 45. “ This grass grows on all our mountains.” 
DESCHAMPSIA Beauv. 
D. ceaspitosa Beauv. Aira cespitosa Linn. 
Districts I. If. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. By streams and ditches, in damp woods and 
meadows, in wet places on mountains, &c. Common. 
Peren. July—August. 
From sea-level, to the summits (var. brevifolia, or var. 
alpina), of most of the higher Kerry mountains, attaining 
2,756 feet on Mangerton, 2,796 feet on Baurtregaum, 3,127 
feet on Brandon (&.W.S.), and 3,370 feet on the Reeks 
(More). 
First record in 1853: Dr. Balfour, Phytol., p. 1006. 
Var, BREVIFOLIA Parn.—var. PSEUDO-ALPINA Syme— 
