96 85. CYPERACEiE. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 81. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British tj'pe of distribution. 



A, A. regions. Inferagi'arian — Inferarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 500 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperatiu'e 52 — 41. 



Native. Paludal, Pratal. I have no authority for this 

 species in Orkney ; where it is not unlikely to be found. 

 The C. argyroglochin is doubtful as a British plant ; or, 

 at any rate, the plant intended by that name in the Lon- 

 don Catalogue, is a variety of C. ovalis, kindly sent to me 

 from the Severn pro^once, by Mr. Westcombe. 



1212. Cabex cueta, Good. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Moray, Aberdeen, Argyle. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Midarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 750 yards, more or less, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 39. 



Native. Paludal. The recent separation of C. Per- 

 soonii or vitilis from this species, by British botanists, 

 renders it difficult for me to indicate their relations to al- 

 titude. In my visits to the mountauis, I have entered 

 their stations iinder the single name of "cm-ta," in my 

 note-books, and cannot now satisfactorily assign them to 

 the dissevered species. The above indications may pos- 

 sibly can-y the modem C. cm-ta too high, or leave it too 



