40 IRISH BOTANY. 
placed in an appendix, and this is the only part of the arrangement 
which we are inclined to criticize. It is probably a reaction from 
the undue prominence which is sometimes given to these ‘errors, 
casuals, and aliens not fully naturalized” in some floras: but we are 
of opinion that it is better to include them in their proper places in 
the general enumeration, indicating their comparative unimportance 
by a difference of type. The absence from the flora proper of such 
plants as Ranunculus arvensis, Helianthemum vulgare, Stellaria 
aquatica, and many more, is, however, perhaps rendered more 
striking by the arrangement here adopte 
To criticize the book in detail would require a far more extensive 
knowledge of the Irish flora than the present writer can boast. 
Nor indeed is such criticism necessary, for the Cybele Hibernica will 
of course be the text-book for all who are concerned with botany in 
Ireland, and will thus be put to the best of all tests. We note that, 
although the arrangement follows that of the ninth edition of the 
London Catalogue, the nomenclature is that of the earlier Cybele—a 
compromise which is probably convenient for Irish botanists, who 
the genitive forms of the Irish words for ‘ Patrick’ and ‘ fox’”’; 
the other Irish name, ‘‘Good People’s Cabbage,’’ confirms this 
view, the connection in folklore between foxes and fairies being 
closer than might be supposed. 
A word must be said in praise of the admirable arrangement 
and general “‘ get-up”’ of the book. It is printed in clear and well- 
The heading of each page shows the order and genus under treat- 
n the Flora of Donegal, the outcome é C. Hart’s 
thirty-three years’ work on the botany of the county, we have 
another evidence of the influence of A. e; it wa h his 
like : 
to considerations connected with climate and an : 
with plant-names and plant-lore—matters which are nets 
think might 
ell receive more attention than they usually do at the hands of 
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