Former Distribution of British Plants. i6i 



Eleocharis palustris, Br. 

 Roman Period : — 



Silchester, Hampshire. 



Neolithic : — 



Hailes, near Edinburgh (upper bed) ; Redhall, near 

 Edinburgh; Megaceros-marls of Central Ireland. 



Late Glacial :— 



Twickenham, Middlesex; Kirk Michael, Isle of Man; 

 Corstorphine, near Edinburgh ; Hailes, near Edinburgh 

 (lower bed) ; Dronachy, Fife. 



Interglacial : — 



West Wittering, Sussex ; Endsleigh Street, London ; 

 Allenton, near Derby. 



Early Glacial : — 



Beeston, Norfolk (base of the Arctic Freshwater Bed). 



Preglacial (Cromer Forest-bed) : — 

 Pakefield, Suffolk. 



SCIRPUS PAUCIFLORUS, Lightf. 

 Neolithic : — 



Hailes, near Edinburgh ; Redhall, near Edinburgh ; 

 Cowden Glen, Renfrewshire. 



Late Glacial : — 



Hoxne, Suffolk (bed C); Stair, Ayrshire; Hailes, near 

 Edinburgh (lower bed) ; Corstorphine, near Edinburgh ; 

 Dronachy, Fife. 



Interglacial : — 



Southelmham, Suffolk; Hoxne, Suffolk (bed D); Allen- 

 ton, near Derby. 



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