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light-soil plants. The rare or characteristic plants are in general 

 the same as those of Cork West : — 



Lepidium latifolium, 5. 



Geranium rotundifolium, 5. 



Trigonella omithopodioides, 5. 



Eosa micrantlia, 4. 



Saxifraga umbrosa, 11. 

 ^Senecio squalidus, 4. 



Linaria repens, 5. 

 fAntirrhinmn Orontium, 3. 



Bartsia viscosa, 7. 



Orobanche major, 5. 



Pinguicula grandiflora, 5. 



Euphorbia biberna, 11. 

 tEupborbia amygdaloides, 3. 

 fAllium Scorodoprasum, 5. 



Carex axillaris, 4. 



Carex punctata, 5. 



Asplenium lanceolatum, 3. 



5. Cork East. 



Southern. Area 795 square miles. Maritime along the southern 

 side, the coast line including part of the wide estuaries of the Lee 

 and Blackwater. Like the rest of Cork, formed of folds of Old Eed 

 Sandstone, with limestone-filled synelines in the north and south. 

 Surface more level and fertile than Cork Mid, which is itself more 

 level and fertile than Cork West. Highest ground the Nagies 

 Mountains (1406 feet). North of these the beautiful Blackwater 

 runs through a limestone valley right across the division, the 

 largest river in this area. No lakes. State of cultivation like 

 that of Cork Mid ; 54 per cent, of grass, 28 per cent, of crops, 

 mountain land 9 per cent. ; peat bog almost absent. Mr. Phillips' 

 list, backed by numerous older observations (see under Cork Mid), 

 supplies full information regarding the vegetation. 



Flora 700 species. There is a further diminution in the numbers 

 of the western groups, but on the whole a richer flora. (Enanthe 

 pimpinelloides is, so far as at present known, confined to this division. 

 The list of rare or characteristic plants is much the same as that for 

 Cork Mid :— 



fLepidium latifolium, 5. 



Geranium rotundifolium, 5 



Trifolium scabrum, 4. 



Rosa micrantba, 4. 



(Enantbe pimpinelloides, 1 . 

 *Senecio squalidus, 4. 

 t Antirrhinum Orontium, 3. 



Bartsia viscosa, 7. 



Orobancbe major, 5. 



Pinguicula grandiflora, 5. 



Eumex maritimus, 3. 

 tBumex pulcber, 3. 



Euphorbia hibema, 11. 

 fAllium Scorodoprasum, 5. 



Carex punctata, 5. 



