282 MISC. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Praeger, R. L. A tourist’s flora of the west of Ireland. xii, 243 p. 17 fig. 
(incl. maps), 27 pl., 5 maps. 19.5 cm. Dublin, 1909. 
Topography, geology, climate, botanical divisions, plant formations, botani- 
cal investigations, descriptive list of localities (with in each case the Gaelic 
name and its meaning) with mention of rarer species and short bibliogra- 
phies; annotated list of known vascular plants and Characeae, showing 
occurrence by counties and giving localities and some Gaelic names. The 
general botanical material, revised and amplified, is incorporated in his The 
botanist in Ireland, but the Irish locality and vernacular names, as well as 
details of distribution, are omitted from that work. Covers 8 counties: 
Clare, Fermanagh, Galway, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. 
Stewart, S. A. and Corry, T. H. A flora of the north-east of Ireland. 
2. ed. Flowering plants, vascular cryptogams and charophytes by R. L. 
Praeger ... lix, 472 p. 3 maps. 22.5 cm. Belfast, 1938. (1st ed. 1888.) 
Botanical explorations, topography, geology, changes in flora, guide for 
local botanizing, list of botanists; annotated list of vascular plants and 
Characeae, with localities; list of adventive, casual, and excluded species; 
annotated list of mosses and liverworts, by W. R. Megaw; gazetteer. Covers 
Counties Antrim, Derry and Down.—See also Praeger, R. L. Additional 
records for the flora of the northeast of Ireland. Irish Nat. Jour. 8: 33-387. 
1942.—-Also Carrothers, E. N., and Moon, J. M. Some records for the flora 
of the north-east of Ireland. l.c. 8: 214-215. 1944.—Also Carrothers, E. N., 
Meikle, R. D., and Moon, J. M. Records and notes for the flora of the 
north-east of Ireland. l.c. 9: 24-28. 1947.—Also Stelfox, A. W. Notes on 
some plants found in the Carnlough district and on the Garron plateau, 
Co. Antrim. l.c. 9: 817-326. 1949.—Also Carrothers, E. N., and Moon, J. M. 
Notes on the flora of the north-east of Ireland. l.c. 10: 284-286. 1952; 
12: 11-14. 1956—Also Gunning, B. E. S., and Pate, J. S. Notes on the 
County Down flora. l.c. 12: 162-164. 1957. 
Tidestrom, Ivar. The floral alphabet of the Celts. Torreya 23: 41-49. 
19238. 
Table showing the Gaelic letters with their Irish names (practically all 
names of trees) and English, Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Swedish, and Latin 
equivalents, and discussion.—See also Edlin, H. L. The Gaelic alphabet of 
tree names. Scott. Forestry 4: 72-74. 1950. (Discussion of the Gaelic 
names of the letters and their botanical identification. Drawn up largely 
from Scottish rather than Irish sources.)—See also Cameron, above, and 
additional references there given. 
Webb, D. A. The flora and vegetation of Ireland. Veroffentl. Geobot. 
Inst. Riibel Ziirich 25: 46-78. 2 fig. 1952. (Reissued as Notes Bot. Sch. 
Trinity Col. 5 (4): 17-49. 1953.) 
Topography, soils, climate, plant communities, phytogeography, short 
bibliography. The whole volume consists of papers based on the Ninth 
International Phytogeographical Excursion to Ireland in 1949. 
An Trish flora. 2. rev,.ed:> xxx,,200_ p.2, 160; fic. 00,22. ple con 
6). 19.5 cm. Dundalk, 1953. (1st ed. [1943.].) 
Brief bibliography; keyed, descriptive flora of vascular plants (1,133 spe- 
cies), with Irish and English names and local range. 
ANTRIM 
See also Ireland, General (Dickie, A flora of Ulster; Lett, Botanists in the north of Ireland; 
Stewart and Corry, A flora of the north-east of Ireland); Down (Chase, The natural history 
of Campbell College and Cabin Hill); Sligo (Barrington, Report on the flora of Ben Bulben). 
Vice-county 39. 
Local 
Brown, J. J., Kersley, L. W., and MacDonald, R. Notes on the flora 
and fauna of The Maidens. Irish Nat. Jour. 10: 208-211. 1951. 
Includes mention of vascular plants observed. (A group of rocks about 
5 miles off the coast near Ballygally.) 
Stewart, S. A. Report on the botany of the Island of Rathlin, County 
of Antrim. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. II, 4: 82-104. 1884. 
Topography, geology, etc.; annotated list of vascular plants, Characeae, 
and mosses; list of excluded species.—See also Praeger, R. L. Three days 
