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APPENDIX. 
IV. 
GEOGEAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
In the following attempt to distribute onr Sea- Anemones 
geographically, I divide the whole British Coast into ten 
provinces, thus (somewhat arbitrarily) defined. 
1. The Shetland, including the Orkneys, and Scotland as far as 
Kinnaird’s Head. 
2. The North Sea, including the coast from Kinnaird’s Head to Spurn 
Head. 
3. The Eastei'n ; from the Humber to the Thames, a flat low .shore. 
4. The South-east; from the Foreland to St. Alban’s Head; chiefly 
chalk cliffs. 
5. The Devonian; from St. Alban’s to St. David’s Head; a rugged 
rocky coast. 
6. The Irish Sea, to the Mull of Cantyre, including Man, and the Irish 
shore. 
7. The Hebridean, from Cantyre to the Orkneys. 
8. The South Irish, from Carusore Point to Mizen Head. 
9. The Atlantic, from Mizen Head to Eathliu Island. 
10. The Channel Islands. 
A glance at the table will show that the Devonian dis- 
trict is by far the richest in species, including two-thirds of 
the whole. Next in fecundity to this extreme south comes 
the extreme north, numbering, however, less than two- 
thirds of the Devonian total. The Irish Sea, the Atlantic 
coast of Ireland, and the Channel Isles, each claims about 
two-thirds of the Shetland total. The province of the North 
Sea holds about two-thirds of this last number ; and then 
come in succession the South-east, the Eastern, and Soutli 
Irish, and finally the Hebridean. 
These numbers represent, of course, the state of our 
knowledge rather than the fact. I look for additions in 
the Devonian province, and far more in the Shetland and 
Hebridean, of which last I know almost nothing. The 
Atlantic province will doubtless be farther enriched, and 
that of the Channel Isles. But I do not look for many 
species to be added to the North Sea ; and few if any to 
the Eastern and South-eastern provinces ; — mud and chalk 
being essentially ungenial to Sea-anemones. 
