Lycopodiwm.] LYCOPODIACES. 881 
From sea-level near Kenmare and Sneem, &c. (R.W.S.), 
to 3,370 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 382, 
No. 92. “On Mangerton, and most of the mountains round 
the lake of Killarney.” 
L. inundatum Linn. 
District — —~— ~ ~ ~~ VWI ~ ~— — 
Native. Wet margin of lake, covered in high water. Very 
rare and local, Peren. July—August. 
VI. On the shore of Lough Guitane near Killarney (More) 
Journ. of Bot. 1876, p. 373-—still on the west side of this lake, 
but occurring there very sparingly, 1896: R.W.S. 
First record in 1876: More, loc. cit. 
This Club-moss appears to be one of the very rarest plants 
in Kerry. In the only locality known less than a. dozen 
plants were noticed. It is a plant, however, very easily 
overlooked, and so many suitable stations occur both in the 
south and west that its discovery elsewhere is very probable. 
The known distribution in Ireland is strictly western, several 
stations in west Cork, one in Kerry, two in west Galway 
and another in west Mayo, are all that are at present on 
record. 
L. clavatum Linn. Stag’s-horn Moss. 
District — — — — — We ~—- ~~ — 
Native. On mossy or heather-grown spots, usually on 
mountains. Very rare and local. Peren. July—August. 
VI. Sparingly in two or three spots on the northern ascent 
to Mangerton where the car road changes to a foot-track, 
and more plentifully on a summit marked 2,568 feet in the 
inch Ordnance map, about a third of a mile north-east of the 
Devil’s Punch-bowl: R.W.S. 1888, d&c., and in 1901. 
Sparingly near the roadside south of Dinish Island, 
Killarney, circa 1895: J. Dwyer. 
From about 100 feet above sea-level near Dinish (J. 
Dwyer), to 2,568 feet on Mangerton (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 379, 
No. 65. “ Plentiful in all the southern baronies of this 
county.” ; 
While there is no reason to question Dr. Smith’s statement 
as to the former abundance of this plant in Kerry, it appears 
to have very much decreased there since his time. It is, 
however, a very easy plant to overlook, especially when it 
grows amongst the heather with only its fruiting spikes 
