THE BOTANIST'S GUIDE 



THE COUNTY OF CORK. 



Class I. DICOTYLEDONES or EXOGEN^E. 

 Subclass I. THALAMIFLOR^E. 



Order I. RANUNCULACE^J. 



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Tribe I. Clematidece. 



1. CLEMATIS, Linn. VIRGINSBOWER. 



1.* C. vitalba, L. Common Virginsbower. TraveUersjoy. On trees 

 and hedges about Castlemartyr. A doubtful native. very rare. 



Tribe II. Anemonece 

 2. THALICTRUM, Linn. RUEWEED. 



2. T. flavum, L. Common Rueweed. " Thalictrum sen Thalietrum 

 majus, Ger. It grows near Mallow on the banks of the Blackwater : 

 the roots are sometimes used as cathartic :" Dr. C. Smith. This is 

 most probably the plant meant, though not that of Gerard, and is 

 enumerated by Smith amongst the more common plants of the 

 County, but has not however been since observed, being probably 

 destroyed by improved agriculture. very rare. 



