352 QRAMINEE. [ Festuca. 
chiefly for future reference in order to ascertain whether 
this species is increasing or diminishing in the county. The 
precise standing of F. Myuros is very difficult to determine. 
It appears to be native in some of its stations in the Roughty 
valley, &c., and although first noticed in Kerry only so 
recently as 1872, its present wide distribution there suggests 
that it had been previously overlooked rather than recently 
introduced. 
F. sciuroides Roth. fF. bromoides Linn. Vulpia sciuroides 
Gmel. 
Districts I. II. IT. IV. V. VI. VIE. VIII. IX. 
Native. Dry sandy, gravelly or rocky places, wall-tops, &c. 
Very common. Ann. June—July. 
From sea-level, to 1,169 feet on the summit of the Slaheny 
valley road and to 1,350 feet on Connor Hill (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1857: Rev. W. M. Hind, Phytol., p. 98. 
F. ovina Linn. 
Districts I. If. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Native. Heaths, moors, dry pastures, waste places, &c. 
Very common. Peren. June—July. 
From sea-level, to the summits of the highest mountains 
in the county, attaining 2,756 feet on Mangerton (Wade), 
2,796 feet on Baurtregaum, 3,127 feet on Brandon (R.W.8.), 
and 3,414 feet on Carrantuohill (More). 
First record in 1806: Wade Rar. “ On the summits of 
all our high mountains—on Mangerton and Purple moun- 
tains, Killarney.” 
This grass is nearly always viviparous in its mountain 
stations. 
F. rubra Linn. 
Districts I. II. Il. IV. V. VI. Vil. VII. IX. 
Native. Banks and dry grassy places, sandy shores, walls, 
waste places, &. Common. Peren. June—July. 
From sea-level, to 2,550 feet on Mangerton (R.W.S.), and 
to 2,900 feet on Brandon (Druce). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
The following forms of this variable grass have been 
noted— 
Var. PRuINosA Hackei—VI. On several of the islands in 
the Lower Lake and elsewhere about Killarney: R&.W.S. 
1904. This very distinct-looking form is probably not 
infrequent. 
