rare plants in west cork
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Rare Plants in West CorkAuthor(s): R. A. PhillipsSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 3, No. 10 (Oct., 1894), pp. 205-206Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25520706 .
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Vol. III. OCTOBER, 1894. No. io.
RARE PLANTS IN WEST CORK. BY R. A. PHILLIPS.
DURING the last fortniight in July, I spent a few days in the neighlbourhood of Castletown-Berehaveni and Adrigole, with the object of collectilg, and to see growing for myself sonie of
the very rare plants which haver been recorded from that district.
On my first day at Castletown I visited the pretty little
waterfall of Millcove, about onie and a-half niiles from the
town, and in the wood through which the fall is approached was agreeably surprised to see on a damp spot, a luxuriant
patch of Ji2encus tennis, Willd. The following day I again
found the same plant in a very similar habitat in the woods at Dutboy, about four miles south-west of the last
stationt. In both of these localities the rush grew sparingly.
During tlle next few days I met with it in abundance near
Adrlgole, about eight m'iles east of the first station..' Here
it was niot so luxturiant as in the woods, and occurred prin
cipally on damp roadsides, and bare spots by the sides of
streams, niot in tlhe turf, associated with such plants as Cicendia fil{formis, Anz/iemis nobi1ls, Eufragia viscosa, Scuie
laria minor Juncus bfjonius, and J. Lamprocarfiues. This is one of the rarest of British plants, and in Ireland
has hitherto been knowni to exist only in a few places along
the estuary of the Kenmare River, where it was first found
by Mr. R. W. Sctully, and it is with much pleasure that I now
record it as an addition to the Flora of Co. Cork.
The other planits which I noticed have all been recorded
from the county before, but some of them are new to the
Castletown district. Among the more interesting may be mentioned Arbutus Unedo and Trichonmanes radicans, two
species which are probably on the eve of extinction in Cork.
Of the first I saw seven trees on Adrigole Mountain; they all A.
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206 rThe Irish1 Nabirratis.
grew in the clefts of high rocks, and, as might be expected in
such situations, were rather sttunted in appearanlce. The Tric/zomanes I saw growing sparingly onl two aniouni
tailns near Adrigole. This beautiful fern anld its value are now
well-known to every peasant ini the district, aild miany places
were poinlted otut to miie frdm11 which it has beenl exterminiated
within the last few years. Near Adrigole I discovered a lnew stationi for A0sPleniun
lanceola/umSsX, buit lest it should, like the Killarney Ferl, suiffer
the penialty of its rarity, aid fall al a prey to the Glengariff
guides and tourists, it will perhaps be better niot to describe
the exact locality. Onl the mlontiltainis and also nlear the sea-level, SazxraNgn
nIuImbrosa, S. 1,1,rsn/a, alid S. Geumiii were abunidalnt, and on
Huingry Hill were quanitities of Sax/fraga s/elladis, whlich ill
this station assumliies a large, hlairy foriii, very differelit in
appearance from Enlglish aild other specimens I have seen.
It was ill a viviparous colndition oln wet rocks at about i,oGoo
feet, and particularly luxuriant on the turfy sides of a stream
which runs throtugh the bog at the sumamit of thle moulitain.
On Hungry Hill I also gathered Seclou hZ/zodiola, Solidagv
virganrea var. camitbrica, Antiennaria diolca, Lobelzia Dor/mnanna, Camip etnua aro/ncdlfoal, A,fe/ctz myrunzf1ra/ezsc (a peculiar dwarf variety), Ping icula vti<garls, Li/lor/lla Zacusri.s, Empc/rumn nigrzum, Eriopor/zor vagina/2mn, ZHjymcnof/lzi z y//nm Wilsoni, Lycopodiunm Selago anld Isocies lacus/ris.
On the lowland bogs anld pastures were to be scen in abund
ance Droscra kitrmnzedia, Hyfericuin c/odes, Cicenclia fi/fortzis, E2tfragia viscosa, Scenlellaria minor, Pinguzicula grancdi/lora, P. /usi/a?tica, EZihy5orbia hiberna (well known in the district
by the namlle of " Boniiik-ean"), Rzyizyeosfora ftsca, R. a/ba,
Carex elx/csa, Las/rca tmntula, ancd, lnot quite so plentiftul, the
whl;ite varieties of Ca/lanza 7c4garis. and Eric /c/alix, Carex
func/a/a, and Las/rca Oropro is.
The most notable wayside plants were C/lzc/idoniwnm mq'us
(nlear a house), Si/cue anglica, Agrizmonia odcalra, anid A nh/em-is no0bi/is.
Such are a few of the rarities observed during a short stay in a district which is as full of in terest for the lover of the
picturesque and the antiLquary as it is for the lover of nature.
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