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Summary. 



Mr. Hewett C. Watson in his Compendium of the Ci/bele Britannica 

 lias for convenience grouped our British plants into 'certain leading 

 '' Types of Distribution." These groups are primarily six, to which 

 two others are subordinate ; they may be briefly stated thus : 



1. British Type. Species widely spread throughout South, 

 Middle, and North Britain. 



2. English Type. Species chiefly seen in South or South- 

 Middle Britain. 



3. Scottish Type. Species chiefly seen in North and North- 

 Middle Britain. 



Intermediate Type. Species chiefly seen in Middle Britain. 



4. Highland Type. Species chiefly seen about mountains. 



5. Germanic Type. Species chiefly seen in East England. 



6. Atlantic Type. Species chiefly seen in West England. 

 Local species restricted to single or few provinces. 



The following is an analysis of the Staffordshire Flora, based 

 on the above, with a full analysis of the British Flora for com- 

 parison : — 



Types. Staffordshire. Great Britain. 



British 514 532 



English 274 409 



Scottish 33 Ql 



Intermediate 15 37 



Highland 4 '120 



Germanic 28 127 



Atlantic 11 7q 



Local 3 49 



882 1425 



An analysis of the Flora according to Watson's divisions of 

 British plants into various degrees of citizenship, would result as 

 follows : — 



Native 865 



Denizen 35 



Colonist 27 



Alien 70 



Casuals 9 



Ambiguities 8 



Varieties 150 



1164 



Botanical Investigation in Staffordshire. 

 Of the older botanists, John Eay (1623-1704-5) appears to have 

 been the first to publish any records of Staffordshire botany • but 

 although this distinguished naturalist lived for some six years at 

 Middleton Hall, on the confines of Staffordshire, he seems to have 

 paid but little attention to its flora. He noted Campanula lati/olia 



