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Neither of these three appear, unless accidentally, much higher 

 than the south of England. 



Lavatera arborea, Linn. — Plentifully distributed over the Is- 

 lands. It occurs chiefly on maritime rocks in south-western 

 Europe, from the Gulf of Genoa, round Spain, to the British 

 Isles, where it appears chiefly on the south and west coasts of Eng- 

 land and Ireland, and on the Bass Rock in the Frith of Forth. 



Hypericum Androscemum, Linn. — In shrubby places, in western 

 and southern Europe, and extending far into central Asia. In 

 Britain it is nearly confined to the west and south coasts, rarely 

 appearing on the eastern side. 



Hypericum linariifolium, Vahl. — On dry, hilly wastes, in the 

 west of Spain, Portugal, and France ; abundant in the Channel 

 Isles, and reaches the south-west of England at. Cape Cornwall 

 and Devonshire. 



Geranium striatum. — Hitherto not included in the British 

 Flora, but to all appearances it is truly wild in Jersey, occurring 

 in many hedges. St. Martin's, Trinity, etc. It is peculiar to a 

 southern clime, though said to have been discovered in Cumber- 

 land {vide Hooker and Arnott's ' British Flora,' G. nodosum) . 



Erodium moschatum, Sm. — In sandy waste places and heaths, 

 especially near the sea, in western and southern Europe. Fre- 

 quent in the Channel Islands. It appears occasionally on the 

 south and west coast of England. 



Erodium maritimum, Sm. — On maritime sands, in western Eu- 

 rope and on the Mediterranean ; not uncommon on the south and 

 west coasts of England, up to the south of Scotland. 



Oxalis corniculata, Linn. — A common weed in all the hotter 

 and most of the temperate regions of the globe. Very common, 

 especially in gardens, in Jersey and Guernsey ; in Britain only 

 in a few localities in the south of England. 



Medicago denticulata, Willd. — Var. vulgaris, Greve-d'Azette, 

 Jersey. Var. /8. brevispina, Alderney ; by the gate of Vale 

 churchyard, Guernsey. 



Medicago maculata, Willd. — Common in Jersey. 



Medicago minima, Lam. — St. Ouen's Bay and the Quenvais, 

 Jersey. 



These are all somewhat south European, extending into the 

 southern parts of England, and occasionally into the midland 

 and eastern counties. 



