igiS. 



CoLGAN. — Lusitania and Kerry. 



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of the Kerry Highlands between 2,000 and 3,414 feet 

 finds its counterpart in the cHmate of the Serra da Estrella 

 between roughly 5,000 and 6,500 feet. 



In the Portuguese report the distribution of the species 

 through the chief Natural Orders is given, and this enables 

 us to compare the systematic constitution of the southern 

 flora with that of extreme South-west Ireland. In the 

 following table the numbers and percentages to the total 

 floras of the species in the ten largest orders of South Kerry, 

 Districts I., II., III., and IV. of Mr. Scully's Flora, are 

 given along with the corresponding numbers and per- 

 centages of the same orders in the Serra da Estrella, the 

 serial numbers i to 10 denoting the order of magnitude 

 for each region. The contrast between the two floras, one 

 northern and insular, the other southern and continental, 

 comes out clearly in this table. In the continental flora 

 Leguminosae take third place in magnitude, in Kerry they 

 take tenth. On the other hand, Cyperaceae and Filices 

 standing respectively third and fifth in Kerry, sink to the 

 ninth and tenth places in the Serra. 



Proportions of the Principal Natural Orders to the 



Total Floras in South Kerry and in the 



Serra da Estrella. 



