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represented than in division 1 ; in the south the Cantabrian and 

 mountain plants hold sway ; so that, though less generally interest- 

 ing, the flora is richer by 25 species. No plant is confined to the 

 division ; and the rare species are mostly those characteristic of 

 South Kerry : — 



Eosa micrantha, 4. tSisjTiiicliium angustifolhim, 5 . 



Saxifraga Geum, 3. fAllium Scorodoprasum, 5. 



Saxifraga umbrosa, 11. tJuncus teniiis, 4. 

 Carum verticiUatum, 6. Naias ilexilis, 3. 



Galium sylvestre, 6. Scirpus parvulus, 2. 



Asperula cynanchica, 8. Carex BcenninghausiaDa, 2. 



Arbutus Unedo, 2. Carex punctata, 5. 



Microcala filiformis, 3. Deschampsia alpina, 3. 



Sibtborpia europsea, 2. Aspidium Loncbitis, 6. 



Bartsia Yiscosa, 7. Lycopodium inundatum, 3. 



Pinguicula grandiflora, 5. Isoetes ecbinospora, 4. 



Eupborbia hibema, 11. Nitella Nordstedtiana, 2. 



3. Cork West. 



South-western. Area 1145 square miles. Maritime, with a deeply 

 indented, intricate, and island-studded coast- line. Formed of Old 

 Red Sandstone folds, which rise in the west into high mountain 

 ranges (2321 feet, &c.). In the southern part broad synclines are 

 occupied by Carboniferous slate. The rivers are, in general, small 

 and rapid, the Bandon River being the only stream of any importance. 

 Some lakes lie among the western mountains. Half the surface is 

 under grass, and one-sixth under crops. The percentage of moun- 

 tain land is 22 ; woods and low-level bogs are rare. This division 

 has long been famous as the home of many rarities, and Mr. Allin's 

 "Flora of Cork" (1883) fully summarizes its botany. More recently 

 the flora has been worked out in detail by Mr. Phillips, on whose 

 very full lists for this and the two other divisions of Cork the 

 information herein given is based. 



Flora 705 species. Like Kerry South, remarkable for the 

 conspicuous development of the Cantabrian group, chiefly in the 

 south and west. Lowland and calcicole plants are below the 



