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2. Next to these in point of generality, are 

 those plants peculiar to the sands of the sea shore ; 

 for moil of those that grow in the North are also 

 found in the South. But then many are found on 

 the southern shores that are not to be met with on 

 the northern. 



3. Mosses CMusci frondosi & hepatici) arc far 

 from being frequent in the South of Europe, and 

 but few of them it has in common with the North. 

 Lichens are, however, very general ; fungi the 

 least so. 



4. There are many plants that grow in all parts 

 in great abundance, as Veronica agrestis & ar- 

 vensis, Urtica urens, Solanum nigrum, Cheno- 

 podium viricle, album, Alsine media, Erica vulgaris, 

 Thlaspi Bursa, Geranium molle, Trifolium pro- 

 cumbens, Senecio vulgaris. But it may be laid 

 down as a rule, that the above enumerated species 

 are more frequent in the northern than in the 

 southern countries ; except the following, which 

 are perhaps more abundant in the South : 

 Plantago coronopifolra, Linum Radiola, Rumex 



