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The Climatal Distribution of British 
Plants. 
By T. Gisss. 
Read before the Society January 21st, 1897. 
OST people, even those who are entirely ignorant 
of botanical science, must have noticed the fact 
that different localities are inhabited by different. flowers, 
and also the converse fact that, except for a few plants 
which have in this country a quite universal distribution, 
such, for example, as our old friends the Buttercup, the 
Daisy, and the Dandelion, each kind of plant is confined to 
a more or less limited area. 
To take a few examples: the Cotoneaster is, in the 
British Islands, only found on the limestone cliffs of the 
Great Orme’s Head; the Mountain Tulip (Lioydia alpina) on a 
few rocky ledges on the Snowdon range, while the curious 
Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium Calceolus) is confined to 
a few localities in Durham, Westmorland, and North West 
Yorkshire. 
Among plants which are not so excessively rare as these, 
the true Oxlip (Primula elatior) is confined to a limited area 
in East Anglia, but within its range is an abundant plant. 
The beautiful Cornish Heath (Evica vagans) is_ similarly 
