First day, 



May 19, 



1897 



Second ,, 



. July 30, 



1S9.S 



Third „ 



„ 31, 



,, 



Fourth „ 



Aug. 1, 



)) 



Fifth „ 



„ 2, 



,, 



244 species 





135 „ 



additional 



70 „ 



)) 



37 „ 



,, 



22 „ 



,, 



First day, 



May 18, 



1897. 



Second ,, 



Aug. 9, 



1898. 



Third „ 



„ 10, 





Fourth „ 



„ 11, 





Fifth „ 



June 4, 



1899. 



THE FIELD WORK xci 



point. Two typical cases from my catalogues may be quoted ; Kil- 

 kenny and Carlow may be taken as average inland counties^ : — 



11 Kilkenny. 



About Kilkenny, 



Thomastown, 



L. Cullin and E. Suir, 



Inistioge and Graigue, 



Urlingford, 



Total for 5 days work, 608 species. 



13 Caelow 



Bagenalstown, 251 species 



Carlow and Milford, 133 ,, additional 

 Bonis and Mt.Leinster, 48 ,, ,, 



St. Mullin' sand Graigue, 29 „ „ 



Tullow, 27 ,, ,, 



Total for 5 days work, 488 species. 



The largest number of species noted in a single day's work in 

 any of tlie inland counties was between 870 and 880 ; this figure 

 was reached in North Tipperary within a 5-mile radius west and 

 south of Portumna, and again in Westmeath, within 5 miles north 

 and east of Athlone. In each case there was a varied combination 

 of river and lake, bog and marsh, but no maritime or mountain 

 plants. One day spent in the Carlingford district, where there is a 

 dehghtful variety of sea-shore, mountain, and fertile ground, yielded 

 a list of over 400 species. 



It only remains to add that a large amount of detailed notes, 

 referring to the greater number of the divisions, is left unpub- 

 lished. The word "frequent," so often appended to my own 

 records, signifies a number of further records, localized and dated ; 

 and indirectly often some scores of miles of country explored. 

 The material on which the records of most of the rare or critical 

 species are based will be found in the National Museum, to 

 the extent of some 5000 sheets of specimens, the critical plants 

 named by recognised authorities ; the bulk of the notes remains in 

 my own hands, and is at the disposal of any fellow-botanist engaged 

 in working up the flora of any district or the distribution of any 

 group of plants. 



^ The flora of an average maiitime division is larger by 40 lo 50 species than 

 that of an inland division. 



