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Notice of Contributions towardn a Fauna and Flora of the County 

 of Cork^ read at the Meeting of the British Association held at 

 Cork in the Year 1843. 77*6 Vertebrata by Dr. Harvey. TJie 

 Mollusca, Crustacea and Echinodermata by J. D. Humphreys. 

 The Flora by Dr. Power. London : John Van Voorst. Cork : 

 George Purcell & Co., 20, Patrick Street. 1845. 



Under the above title are comprised three separate and distinct 

 local catalogues ; the third — the only one which requires any notice 

 from us — is headed, ' The Botanist's Guide to the County of Cork,' 

 and contains a list of the native plants of the county, with their sta- 

 tions. In the arrangement, the Natural System is followed, and the 

 nomenclature is that of Babington's Manual. The number of phaeno- 

 gamous plants ascertained to grow in the county is 885 ; of cryptoga- 

 mous plants, 935 ; total number of species, 1820. 



In his Preface, the compiler gives a concise summary of the works 

 in which the Botany of this county have been illustrated. " Dr. C. 

 Smith in his History of Cork in 1750 ; Dr. W. Wade in his Plantae 

 Rariores Hiberniae, 1804 ; and Mr. J. T. Mackay in 1806, noticed a 

 few of the rarer native plants of the county of Cork ; but there was no 

 attempt at a systematic catalogue of our Flora till 1819-20, when Mr. 

 James Drummond, Curator of the then existing Cork Botanic Garden, 

 and now Colonial Botanist at Swan River, published a list of our 

 Flowering Plants in the Munster Farmer's Magazine. Dr. Scott, of 

 Cove, gave a comprehensive catalogue of the native plants of the 

 Great Island in 1833 ; and our townsman, Mr. H. T. Alexander, now 

 Surgeon in the Royal Navy, presented to the Cuvierian Society of this 

 city, a list embracing the entire Flora of the County (the Fungi ex- 

 cepted), for which an honorary prize was awarded by the Society. 



" These catalogues, a collection of manuscript botanical notes by 

 the Rev. Dr. Hincks, which he has kindly permitted me the use of, 

 and the records of the Cuvierian Society, together with my own ex- 

 tensive practical observations, have constituted the chief materials for 

 these pages." The compiler also expresses his obligations to various 

 botanical friends for their communications, each individual's contri- 

 butions being acknowledged under the particular species. 



The catalogue appears to have been compiled with great care, and 

 the notices attached to many of the species are interesting. 



