SAGINA. 869 



Sagina pfocumbehs L. British type. Native. Area 

 general. Range 0-800. Common upon walls, road-sides and 

 in damp places, ascending to the Main Limestone of Mickle 

 Fell. " 



Sagina maritima Don. British type. Native. Maritime. 

 Area 5. Range Coast-Level. Amongst the Coatham salt-marshes, 

 and in dry sandy ground in the same neighbourhood. 

 " Sagina apetala L. English type. Native. Area general. 

 'Range 0-300. Common upon walls and in dry places through- 

 out the Lower zone, ascending to the flagstone quarries of 

 Leyburn Moor. 



Sagina ciliata Fries. English type. Native. Area 76. 32. 

 Range 0-300. In similar situations to the preceding, but very 

 rare. Sparingly with Ornithopus in the lane leading from 

 Acomb towards the Ouse. Amongst the flagstone quarries over 

 Leyburn Shawl; F. A. Lees. On a wall at Thirsk; W. Foggiti. 

 The Acomb plant is more robust in its habit of growth than 

 Jordan's figure and my continental specimens of ^. paiula, but I 

 do not think it is essentially distinct. M. Boreau refers it to vS". 

 ambigua Lloyd. Dr. Carrington sends from Scarborough what 

 appears to be the normal plant. 



Sagina subulata Wimm. Scottish type. Native. Area 

 3. Range 150. This species has been reported to me as 

 having been found on Hutton Bushel Moor by Messrs. Jobson 

 and Deane of Hutton Bushel. 



Sagina nodosa Meyer. British type. Native. Area general. 

 Range 0600. Found in all the districts and with a wide 

 vertical range, but yet not anywhere plentiful. Amongst the 

 western hills it grows principally in swamps and about the 

 streams. It ascends to the plateau of Cronkley Fell, and about 

 as high on Widdale Fell, and descends with the Tees to 

 Blackwell, the Swale to Catterick Bridge, and the Yore to 

 Tanfield and Hutton Conyers. It occurs also in Skeeby Marsh 

 and near Bcdale, and is frequent amongst the sandy heaths of 

 the Central Vale and Howardian tract, and grows also upon 



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