356 GRAMINEA. [Lolium. 
LOLIUM Linn. 
L. perenne Linn. Rye Grass. 
Districts I. Il. Il. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Meadows, waste places, banks, wall-tops, road- 
sides, &e. Common. Peren. June—July. 
From sea-level, to 1,350 feet on the summit of the Connor 
Hill road and to the same height on the Priestsleap road 
(R.W.S8.). 
First record in 1881: Barrington, Proc. R.I.A. 
The curious form with the rachis so shortened as to bring 
the spikelets into a broad flat head, is not uncommon in the 
county. 
[L. 1taticum Braun. This grass occurs nearly throughout 
the county on field-borders, roadsides, waste places, &c., as 
an escape from, or survival of, cultivation.] 
L. temulentum Linn. Darnel. 
Districts — — III. — V. VI. VII. VII. IX. 
Colonist. About roadsides, waste places and cultivated 
ground. Rare in the south, less so in the north. Ann. 
June—August. 
III. Sparingly near Waterville, 1892.—V. In several 
places about Castlegregory, 1894.—VI. In several places 
about Killarney, as near Muckross, Cloghereen, and on road- 
sides near the town, &c., 1904.—VII. Rather frequent about 
Tralee and near the Spa, Tralee Bay, 1902.—VITI. About 
Abbeydorney, roadsides near Banemore wood and south of 
Listowel, and—IX. In several places about Listowel and 
Ballybunnion, 1899: R.W.S. 
First record in 1901: &.W.S., Topog. Bot. 
AGROPYRON J. Gaertn. 
A. repens Beauv. Triticum repens Linn. Scutch. Couch 
Grass. 
Districts I. UW. II. IV. V. Vi. VIL. VIII. IX. 
Native. Banks, cultivated ground, waste places, &c., and 
on sandy shores. Common. Peren. July—August. 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 376, 
No. 43. ‘‘ Common on the sea coast, in many parts of this 
county.” 
A very variable grass ; the awned form, var. BARBATUM 
(Duval-Jouve) appears to be not uncommon about hedge- 
