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I. — Physical Description op Ireland : — 



Position — size — surface — • rain — wind — temperature — 

 rocks and soils, ........ i 



II. — BoTAjsricAL Peatiiees of Ireland : — 



Total Flora — Watson's types. Topographical groups : — 

 the South and "West — South European plants, North 

 American plants, low-level alpines — the Central Plain — 

 the East coast. Plant-groups dependent on soil and 

 moisture — calcicole and calcifuge species — plants of the 

 sea-coast — plants of sands and gravels — plants of the 

 bogs — plants of the marshes — plants of the rivers — the 

 Shannon— plants of the lakes — Lough Neagh. Human 

 influence on the flora — cultivation, &c. — towns — inland 

 navigation — railways — birds and tillage, . . . xvii 



III. — Botanical Sitbdivision oe Ireland : — 



History — nature of boundaries — list of the divisions — 

 definitioti of boundaries— areas — numbering of divisions. 

 Description of each division, ..... xxxix 



ly. — The Pield-woek : — 



State of knowledge in 1895. Independent exploration, 

 1896-1900. Exploration carried out for the present work, 

 1896- 1900- -field of observation— impressions— methods, Ixxxii 



Y. — The County Records : — 



Priaciple of latest records. Explanation of the formula, 



VI. — Bibliography : — 



Principal materials used. Bibliography of Irish topo- 

 graphical botany, ..... xcix 



VII. — Table oe Distribetion, ..... cxlviii 



IRISH TOPOGRAPHICAL BOTANY, .... 1 

 INDEX, 401 



