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1240. Carex l^vigata, Sm. 



Area 1 2 3 * 5 6 7 * 9 10 11 12 13 * 15 16. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Argyle (Islay), Dumbarton, Fife ? 



Estimate of provinces 13. Estimate of counties 30. 



Latitude 50 — 57. English (?) type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 200 yards, in West Lowlands (Winch). 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 45. 



Native. Paludal, Sylvestral. The above is not satis- 

 factory to me, as an account of the distribution of C. laevi- 

 gata, though I know not how to make it better. The 

 Catalogue published by the Botanical Society of Edin- 

 burgh (second edition) recognizes this as a plant found 

 within 16 miles of that city, which maybe due to an old 

 record of its occurrence m Fifeshire. More northward, 

 Don reported it as found in fir woods, near Forfar, in 

 which county it has not been confirmed by Mr. Gardi- 

 ner. Also, in a marsh near Aberdeen, according to Prof. 

 J. Beattie quoted in English Flora. And lately, Mr. 

 John Ball has pu.blished it as found by himself in 

 " French Corrie," in Strath Afi"aric, at the N. W. corner 

 of Moray, so high as 2000 or 3000 feet (Bot. Gaz. iii. 

 42). I fear that in aU these three or four last named 

 counties C. binervis may have been misnamed C. laevi- 

 gata. The latter name occurs in the Flora of Berwick- 

 on-Tweed, but the locality for the i)lant is perhaps in 

 North-Durham or Northumberland only. Thus, the 

 whole eastern side of Scotland may be considered doubt- 

 ful, although one province is allowed to stand iia the area. 



