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FIBLI) MEETINGS, 1952 
side of the Kemnaie River past the Fuchsia hedges, i^ast cottage gardens 
overflowing with white arums which are becoming naturalised on stony 
banks nearby. A short stop at Castle Cove did not enable any of tlie 
party to find Polygunum saglttatv in, hut J u-iicus tenuis was collected on 
a farm track. Then on to the coast at Darrynane, that name insepar- 
ably linked in the mind of any British botanist with Simethis. This 
was found in several spots just coming into bloom, the flowers white 
inside and purplish outside. Here the sea and sky were incredibly blue 
and the .sand amazingly white, and a soft breeze made it very pleasant 
to sit on the thymy turf and consider Arabis hroirnii, tnitil we dis- 
covered the abundance of ticks. Carex punctata was observed both in 
a marsh and on cliff ledges, and, flattened against the rocks, were many 
ancient bushes of Juniperus nana, Cotonea-ster microphylJa and Ulex 
gallii. In the wood the naturalised AUiuiii scorodoprasain ivas seen, 
and Zostera marina was collected on the beach. 
On Thursday, 19th June, we went west through Killorglin to Caragh 
Jjough, which lies in an area of peat bog not much above sea level. Near 
the bridge over the river below the lake, in a somewhat dangerous- 
feeling piece of “floating bog”, were found Prosera anglica, Ithyncho- 
spora alba and Utricularia minor. Carex limosa was in another bog not 
far off. In the water of the Lough Nymphaea and Nuphar, Lobelia, 
Cladiwm and Eriocaulon were seen, and Isoetes lacustris, Subularia- and 
Elatine hexandra (flowering under the water) were gathered from the 
slaty bottom. On the stony shore Equisetum hyemale occurred. A piece 
of sessile-oak wood was full of beautiful Mda mpyrum pra tense var. 
hians, Luzul-a sylvaticcb, Milium effusum and Euphorbia hyberna. In a 
hillside meadow were Parentucellia viscosa and Euphrasia brevipila. 
Lower down, among the Mprica, Carum vertic ilia turn, was found, and 
in a meadow Sisyrinchium angustifolium. In the sluggish river feeding 
the lake, Carex lasiocarpa occurred and along the roadside, Pinguicula 
grandijtora and P. lusitanica, (Jicendia, Linuni bienne and Epilobiuni 
peduncular e with white flowers, were seen. 
On Friday, 20th June, we went to the coast again, going through 
Tralee and north-westward to Banna Strand, another area of sandhills 
on Tralee Bay. Here the weather was unkind and a strong wind drove 
the sand and rain into our eyes. After working the dune slacks near 
Banna, seeing Anacamptis pyramidalis, Parentucellia viscosa, Samolus, 
Primula veris (still in bloom) and Phleum arenariuin, one party went 
noi’th to Akeragh Lough, seeing Cakile, Orobaruhe minor, Limonium 
binervosum, and Cochlearia danica, while others visited the arable plots, 
meadows and a stream. Fine specimens of Silybum marianum (recorded 
here in 1877) were seen from the coach, growing on an earth wall in 
the village, where Lavatera arborea, Tanacetam vulgare and Papaver 
dubium also grew. We were interested to observe broad ribbons of sea- 
weed (Laminaria) If) to 12 feet long, hanging on clothes lines. On the 
return journey a stop was made on the Lixnaw Road north of Bally- 
sheen, for a glance at the flora of a base-rich marsh. By the stream the 
