Former Distribution of British Plants. 1 1 1 



Hypericum elodes, L. 



Neolithic (?) — 



Redhall, near Edinburgh. 



TiLIA PLATYPHYLLOS, Scop. 



Unknown fossil in Britain. 



Recorded from Griinenthal and Fahrenkrug, in Holstein 

 (associated with Brasenia, 8ic.) (C. Weber) ; Lauenburg an 

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

 Klinge bei Cottbus, Prussia (with Brasema, 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). 



LiNUM, 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 Geraniicm has yet been found fossil in 

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

 leigh St., London. 



G. columbinium is recorded by Keilhack from Lauen- 

 burg an der Elbe (associated with Brasenid). 



