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3. ScorrisH.—The total number in Britain may be estimated at 
about 69; those in the Ulster list are 34 Dicotyledons and 19 Mono- 
cotyledons ; total 44. 
4, Hiauianp.—Species of this type are estimated at 100; in the 
North of Ireland the number is 29, of which 26 are Dicotyledons. 
5. Artantic.—The total number in Britain is about 60; of these 
there are in the list 23, of which 20 are Dicotyledons. 
6. Grrmanio.—The representatives of this type are 190, and only 
8 are in the list, of which 2 are Monocotyledons. 
7. Locau.—Under this head are included 2 species not found in 
Britain—Arenaria ciliata and Carex canescens, and one, Calamagrostis 
stricta, extremely local in Britain. 
The plants which occur on the summits of the higher mountains 
are as follows :—Arbutus Uva-Ursi, Calluna, Empetrum, Galium sazxatile, 
Salix herbacea, Vaccinium Myrtillus, Carex pilulifera, C. rigida, Festuca 
ovina, and var. vivipara, Luzula sylvatica, Juncus squarrosus, Poa 
pratensis, Armeria vulgaris, Campanula rotundifolia, Euphrasia officinalis, 
Potentilla Tormentilla, Rumex acetosa, Agrostis vulgaris, Aira flecuosa, 
Lycopodium Selago, Saxifraga umbrosa, 
The author includes in the ‘ Flora’ the Phanerogamous plants 
along with Ferns and their allies. A list of the species is given, with 
full reference to their localities, a notice of their period of flowering, 
their range, and the type to which they belong. A supplement is 
given containing a list of the species which are either not strictly 
indigenous, or regarding whose occurrence in the district there is some 
doubt. We have no hesitation in recommending the work as one of 
great value to the botanist who wishes to explore the Flora of the 
North of Ireland. 
The counties embraced in Dr. Dickie’s ‘ Botanist’s Guide ** to Aber- 
deen, &c., are very interesting in a botanical point of view. They 
exhibit a Flora ranging from the sea-shore to the height of 4,295 feet. 
The author gives a general view of the physical character of the coun- 
ties, and notices specially their meteorology. The geology of the 
counties is also given, from the pen of Mr. Cruickshank. The British 
Dicotyledenous orders not represented in the Flora are Berberidaceex, 
Frankeniacee, Tiliacee, Aceracee, Balsaminacex, Celastraceze, Rham- 
nacez, Tamariscacee, Cucurbitacez, Loranthacew, Jasminacex, Oro- 
banchacer, Amarantacerw, Eleaguaceee, Thymelaceare, Santalaceer, 
and Asaracesee. The Monocotyledonous orders not represented are 
Amaryllidacexw, Tamacex, Hydrocharidacee, and Restiaceer, 
Taking Mr.H. C. Watson’s Floral types, the following report by the 
author gives an idea of the characteristic features of the Aberdeen- 
shire Flora :— 
1. Brrrrsu.—Most of these constitute our common plants, almost 
everywhere diffused, and many of them familiar to all as ordinary 
weeds. Some of this type, however, though abundant in more southern 
* « Botanist’s Guide to the Counties of Aberdeen, Banfi, and Kincardine.’ By 
G. Dickie, A.M., M.D., Professor ot Botany in the University of Aberdeen. 18mo, 
pp. 344. Aberdeen: A. Brown & Co.; London: Longman & Co, 1860. 
