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ones. Of these, two are. entered under protest, “in conformity to 
general usage,” Ranunculus hederaceus and Asplenium viride, and one, 
* on the authority of Irish botanists,” Utricularia media (** intermedia ” 
in the text). Of the other nine, three are described as “ foreign introduc- 
tions,” more or less established, Claytonia perfoliata, Trifolium hybri- 
dum, and Spirea salicifolia ; two as having been “ proved to be truly in- 
digenous,” Sisyrinchium Bermudiana and Smilacina bifolia, and one as 
“perhaps originally introduced,” Lathyrus tuberosus ; whilst the remain- 
ing three are recent discoveries,—two Irish, Inula salicina and Orchis 
intacta, and one English, Lemna arrhiza. The other changes are chiefly 
necessary alterations, in references, etc., consequent on the publication 
of new editions of Hooker and Arnott’s ‘ British Flora’ and Babing- 
ton’s Manual, and on the appearance of Mr. Syme’s revised edition 
of ‘English Botany.’ The existence of the latter work has rendered it 
unnecessary, in the opinion of the author of the * Handbook,’ to con- 
tinue his references to the old edition of ‘ English Botany.’ This 
omission has saved a line under most species, and, with other small 
prunings, has reduced the number of pages from 655 to 600. 
The clear and excellent descriptions in which the writer seems so 
accurately to have laid hold of the most prominent and conspicuous 
points of each plant, joined with the analytical keys to the genera and 
species, combine to render this Handbook, for beginners, a most valu- 
able introduction to our native flora; whilst, as an exposition of the 
Aeris views applied to a limited field of a most accomplished and 
rofound botanist, it has an interest rarely attaching to a work of such 
alt: veia, 
Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica, being Outlines of the Geogra- 
phical Distribution of Plants in Ireland. By Davip Moore, Ph.D., 
d A. G. Morr, F.L.S. Dublin. 
[SECOND NOTICE. ] 
In 1832 there appeared a work under the following title, ‘ Outline 
of the Geographical Distribution of British Plants,’ by Hewett 
Cottrell Watson, printed for private distribution ; and in 1835 another 
by the same author, entitled ‘Remarks on the Geographical Distribu- 
tion of British Plants, chiefly in connection with Latitude, Elevation, 
and Climate.’ In 1843, Mr. Watson published ‘The Geographi 
Distribution of British Plants,’ part i., which, however, was not con- 
