Former Distribution of British Plants. 1 1 1 



Hypericum elodes, L. 

 Neolithic (?) — 



Redhall, near Edinburgh. 



TlLIA PLATYPHYLLOS, Scop. 



Unknown fossil in Britain. 



Recorded from Griinenthal and Fahrenkrug, in Holstein 

 (associated with Brasenia, &c.) (C. Weber) ; Lauenburg an 

 der Elbe (with Brasenia, &c.) (Keilhack and Nathorst); 

 Klinge bei Cottbus, Prussia (with Brasenia, Najas marina, 

 &c.) (C.Weber); Honerdingen, in Hanover, associated with 

 Tilia parvifolia and T. intermedia (C. Weber). 



Tilia europea is recorded from the Pine and Oak Zones 

 in South Sweden (Gunnar Andersson). 



LlNUM, sp. 

 Roman Period : — 



Silchester, Hampshire. 



Neolithic: — 



Lacustrine deposits of the Scottish Lowlands, Redhall, 

 Hailes, Elie. 



Capsules and seeds of flax are so common at Redhall 

 as to suggest that bundles of the plant were steeped there. 

 Flax is known to have been cultivated in Neolithic times. 



Geranium columbinum, L. 



No species of Geranium has yet been found fossil in 

 Britain, with the doubtful exception of a seed from Ends- 

 leigh St., London. 



G. colnmbininm is recorded by Keilhack from Lauen- 

 burg an der Elbe (associated with Brasenia). 



