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the wish of others, and I trust have said nothing which can 

 be offensive to any ; but I shall be particularly happy if I 

 can contribute in the least degree to the due estimation of a 

 departed friend, who is, and ought to be, the pride of the 

 North of Ireland, the late John Templeton, to whom 

 Belfast, in particular, owes much of that high character which 

 she has attained amongst the cultivators of Natural History 

 in all its branches. 



Comparative Summary of the Plants noticed by Botanists be- 

 fore 1760; of those noticed by Mr. Templeton and his 

 coadjutors before 1804 ; and of those noticed by Mr. 

 Mackay in his e Flora Hibernica/ according to the Na- 

 tural Orders adopted by him. 



O. B. T. M. 



Orders. G. Sp. G. Sp. G. Sp. 



1. Ranunculaceae .. 6 14 6 18 8 24 



2. Berberideae 11 



3. Nymphaeaceae ..2 2 2 2 2 2 



4. Papaveraceae . . . . 3 5 4 7 4 8 



5. Fumariacese .... 2 2 2 3 2 4 



6. Cruciferse 20 37 20 33 23 49 



7. Violaceae 1 4 1 6 ' 1 8 



8. Cistineae 1 1 00 1 1 



9. Droseraceae 13 13 13 



10. Polygalese 11 11 11 



11. Malvaceae 2 4 2 4 3 5 



12. Hypericineae 17 18 19 



13. Caryophylleae .. 10 15 10 28 11 37 



14. Line* 2 4 2 4 2 5 



15. Tiliaceaa 11 11 12 



16. Acerineae 12 11 12 



17. Geraniaceaj 2 7 2 11 2 13 



18. Oxalideae 11 11 11 



15. Portulaceae 11 11 



20. Crassulaceae 3 6 4 8 4 10 



21. Saxifrageae 3 6 4 10 4 18 



22. Salicarias 22 2 2 24 



23. Rhamneae 11 12 12 



24. Uicineae 1 1 1 1 1 1 



25. Celestrineae 11 11 11 



26. Leguminosae 12 22 13 31 15 41 



27. Rosaceae 11 23 13 33 13 50 



28. Pomaceae 24 24 2 5 



29. Grossulaceae 13 13 



30. Onagrariae .... 1 4 16 16 



31. Circaeaceae 11 12 12 



32. Halorageea 2 2 2 3 



33. Umbelliferae .... 25 31 28 38 29 44 



34. Stellate 4 8 4 10 4 13 



