386 CHARACEA. (Chara. 
C. polyacantha Braun. 
District — — — — — — — VII — 
Native. Bog ditches. Very rare and local. June—August. 
VIII. Abundant in roadside bog-ditches between Sleveen 
and the River Brick: R.W.S. 1903, and in 1908. : 
First record in 1903: R.W.S., Irish Nat., p. 116. 
Although Chara polyacantha is undoubtedly rare in Kerry 
it may be expected to occur elsewhere in the north. In 
spite of its predilection for bog ditches, the distribution of 
this plant in Ireland is strongly calcicole ; it occurs abund- 
antly in most of the central counties, but is very rare or 
absent in the extreme north and south. 
GC. contraria Kuetz. 
District — — TI — — ~— ~—~ ~—~ — 
Native. Brackish pond. Very rare and local. June— 
August. 
TIT. In a sandhill pond near Black Point, Rossbehy : 
RWS. 1889. 
First record in 1889: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot., p. 85. 
On visiting the above locality in 1903, the pond was found 
to have been almost quite destroyed by some winter storm 
and no trace of the plant could be found. The pool, however, 
was beginning to form again and no doubt C. contraria will 
reappear. This species is easily passed over as C’. vulgaris, 
and will most probably be found elsewhere in the county. 
C. hispida Linn. 
Districts — — TI. — V. VI. — — — 
Native. Lakes and ponds. Rare and local. June—August. 
III. Ina sandhill pond near Black Point, Rossbehy, and— 
V. In Castlegregory Lake: R.W.S. 1889, and in the latter 
station, 1902. Near Ventry (D. M‘Ardle) Irish. Nat. 1895, 
p. 37.—VI. In Victoria Bay, Lower Lake, Killarney : R.W.S. 
1888. 
First record in 1888: R.W.S., Journ. of Bot., p. 71. 
C. vulgaris Linn. C. fetida Braun. 
Districts — II. TI. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Pools, ditches, lakes, &c. Rathercommon. May— 
June. 
First record in Groves 1880 : Moore. 
Var. LONGIBRACTEATA Kuetz.—V. In pools near Brandon 
Bay west of Castlegregory : R.W.S. 1891.—VI. Near Blenner- 
