PEE FACE. 
In submitting the result of his labours to his patrons and 
the public, the author is not vain enough to suppose that he 
has completed the task of recording all the botanical pro- 
ductions that are to be found in his native county, nor even 
ail the stations for the rare and less common plants. To ac- 
complish this effectually every square inch of ground in the 
area comprised would require to be minutely examined, and 
that for a succession of seasons ; but probably no one has 
ever had the leisure or patience thus to investigate any por- 
tion of the earth’s surface. The object he had originally in 
view, however, has been accomplished to the fullest extent in 
his power, and he trusts that the following pages will be found 
to contain most of the facts connected with the botany of the 
county hitherto known. Manv of these have not been before 
published, and the others were so scattered through various 
works as not to be easily available to those wishing to become 
acquainted with the vegetation of this peculiarly rich and in- 
teresting district. 
To the kind friends who have assisted him with notes and 
specimens, and whose names are associated with the informa- 
