FLORA HIBERNICA 



COMPRISING THE 



FLOWERING PLANTS FERNS CHARACE^l 

 MUSCI HEPATICJ; LICHENES 

 AND 



OF 



IRELAND 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL SYSTEM 



WITH A 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA 



ACCORDING TO THE LINN^EAN SYSTEM 



BY 



JAMES TOWNSEND MACKAY M.R.I.A. 



ASSOCIATE OF THE LINN^AN SOCIETY &c &c 



-" Behold the tribes 



Of vegetable race, from lichen small 

 That o'er the naked rock a vesture flings 

 Of gold and purple, to the branchy oak 

 Or cedar on the brow of Lebanon, 

 How infinitely varied !" 



W. H. Drummond. 



DUBLIN 

 WILLIAM CURRY JUN AND COMPANY 



SIMPKIN MARSHALL AND CO LONDON 

 FRASER AND CO EDINBURGH 



MDCCCXXXVI. 



