■VI PREFACE. 



support, both in planning and in carrying out this first attempt at 



a Cyhele Hibernica. 



To the British Association for the advancement of Science our 

 thanks are due for a grant of £25 towards the publication of our 

 book ; nor are we less grateful to the many friends whose subscrip- 

 tions have enabled us to bring out our work in a shorter time than 

 could have been otherwise accomplished. 



All communications respecting the discovery of new localities for 

 rare species, or the occurrence of any plant in a district not 

 entered in our tables ; together with observations on the mountain 

 altitudes of the different species will be most thankfully received 

 and acknowledged by 



D. MooRE, or "» 

 A /-,-.«- r GlasneviD. 



Alex. G. More, J 



BOOKS RELATING TO THE FLOKA OF IRELAND. 



(Arranged m the order of publication.) 

 Threlkeld, Caleb, M.D. "Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum" 

 .Dublin, 1726. This is the earliest work on the botany of 

 Ireland. It is an alphabetical list of native Irish (and British) 

 plants, with notices of their medicinal properties, and many 

 locaKties. An Appendix is added by Dr. T. Molyneux, the 

 discoverer of the fossil Irish elk. 



K'Eogh, John, M.D. " Botanica UniversaUs Hibernica" Cork, 

 1735. This is another Ust arranged alphabetically, and chiefly 

 medical; there are a few locaUties for rare plants, of which we 

 have extracted the most important. 



Smith,- Charles, M.D. Histories of Keny, Cork, and Waterford. 

 (See next list, and Appendix ii.) 



Eutty, John, M.D. History of Dublin. (See next Ust.) 



Browne, Patrick, M.D. "Fasciculus Flantarum Hiberniie.- A 

 catalogue of plants observed chiefly in the counties of Mayo and 

 Galway (1788), MS., in possession of the Linnsean Society of 

 London. (We are much indebted to the President of the 



