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average ; otherwise the flora is rich. Rajiuncidus trijmrtitus 

 is peculiar to this division : rare or characteristic plants are 

 numerous : — 



Ranunculus tripartitus, 1. 

 fLepidium latif olium, 5 . 



Helianthemum guttatum, 2. 



Yiola lutea, 5. 



Geranium rotundif olium, 5 . 



Ornitliopus perpusillus, 3. 



Eosa micrantha, 4. 



Saxifraga Geum, 3. 



Saxifraga umbrosa, 11. 



Carum verticillatum, 6. 



Inula critlimoides, 5. 

 *Senecio squalidus, 4. 



Arbutus Unedo, 3. 



Microcala fiHformis, 3. 



Linaria repens, 5. 

 tAntiiTbinum Orontium, 3. 



Bartsia viscosa, 7. 



Orobancbe major, 5. 



Pinguicula grandiflora, 5. 

 fEumes puleher, 3. 



Eupiiorbia hiberna, 11. 

 fEuphorbia amygdaloides, 3. 



Spii-anthes Eomanzofiiana, 3. 

 tSisyrincbium angustifolium, 5. 

 fAllium Scorodoprasum, 5. 

 tJuncus tenuis, 4. 



Juncus acutus, 4. 



Eriocaulon septangulare, 7. 



Carex punctata, 5. 



Asplenium lanceolatum, 3. 



Lycopodium iniin datum, 3. 



5. Cork Mid. 



Southern. Area 950 square miles. Maritime along its southern 

 edge, with extensive estuarine waters in Queenstown Harbom-. 

 Surface, in general, high and undulating, formed of Old Eed Sand- 

 stone folds, with limestone troughs, along two of which the only 

 considerable streams in the division, the Lee and Blackwater, find 

 their way eastward to Cork and MaUow respectively. The highest 

 land (Boggeragh Mountains, 2119 feet) Hes in the centre, between 

 the two river- valleys mentioned. In the north-west is a tract of hilly 

 Coal-measure country. Lakes are absent. Lower and more fertile 

 than Cork West. The area of mountain land has dropped to 5 per 

 cent. ; that of grass has risen to 58, and of crops to 25 per cent. 

 The division has been recently well explored by Mr. Phillips, and 

 numerous old records (Allin ig, Power 6S2, Drummond 2Sy) help 

 to sweU the list. 



Flora 672 species. There is a diminution of the Cantabrian 

 and other West Coast elements, and an increase of calcicole and 



