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INTEODUCTIOJST. 



DISTEICT T. IIFPET AND BOTNE. 



Kilda/re, Dublin, Louth, Meath. 



Area, 2230 square miles. — Flora, 797 species and sub-species. 



Maritime. CMefly lowland, with small mountain areas to the 

 south and north. The highest summits are Kippure, 2473 feet, 

 and Seecawn, 2128 feet, in the south; and Carlingford Mountain, 

 1935 feet, in the north. The greater part of the district helongs 

 to the basins of the rivers Boyne and LifEey. The flora is a rich 

 one, but presents no very marked features. Introduced plants are 

 numerous; the Highland type species are reduced to 6, Saxifraga 

 stellaris, Sieraoium, anglicum, Vaccinium Vitis-Idxa, Carex aquatilis, 

 Crypiogramme crispa, and Selaginella selaginoides ; and 5 plants, 

 Sisymbrium Irio, Scrophularia umbrosa, Poa palustris, Tolypella 

 prolifera, and. T. intricata are peculiar to the district. 



Cha/raoteristie or Ra/re Plants. 



Thalictrum dunense. 



Corydalis clavioulata. 

 JSisymbrium Sophia. 

 tS. Irio. 



Viola hirta. 



v. lutea. 



Hypericum hirsutum. 



Trifolium soatrum. 



T. striatum. 



Omitiopus perpusillus. 



Trigonella ornithopodi- 

 oides. 

 JMelilotua officinalis. 



Vioia lathyroidss. 



Chserophyllum temulum. 



Saxifraga granulata. 



Erigeron acre. 



Inula crithmoides. 



Artemisia maritima. 

 *Senecio viscosus. 



S. erucifolius. 

 fPioris eohioides. 



Crepis taraxacifolia. 



Cynoglossum officinale. 



Myosotis coUina. 



Scrophularia umbrosa. 



Salvia Verbenaoa. 



Lamium Galeobdolon. 



Galeopsis angustifolia. 



Atriplex farinosa. 



A. portulacoides. 



Mercurialis annua. 



Hydrocliaris Morsus- 



ranse. 

 Soilla verna. 

 Zostera nana. 

 Carex divisa. 

 C. axillaris. 

 C. aquatilis. 

 Poa palustris. 

 P. nemoralis. 

 Glyoeria Borreri. 

 Festuca uniglumis. 

 tBromus erectus. 

 Elymus arenarius. 

 Cryptogramme crispa. 

 Tolypella prolifera. 

 T. intricata. 



DISIEICT Tt. LOWER SHANNON. 



Limerick, Clare, East Galway.^ 

 Area, 3989 sq. miles.— i^or«, 767 species and snb-species. 

 Maritime, including the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. 



The 



most distinctive physical feature is the large extent of limestone 



1 In Galway the division into East and West is defined by the river 

 Corrib, and a line through the centre of Lough Corrib. 



