85. CYPERACE^. 139 



North limit in Sutherland, Aberdeen, Argyle (Islay). 



Estimate of provinces 13. Estimate of comities 25. 



Latitude 52 — 59. Scottish tj^pe of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Ouse i^rovince. 



Ascends to 200 yards, in North Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 49 — 43. 



Native. UHginal, Paludal. Widely hut thinly scat- 

 tered through Britain ; the two extremities, or the North 

 Isles and the three most southerly provinces, being among 

 the provincial exceptions. There is, indeed, a locality on 

 record for the most southerly province of aU ; namely, in 

 the Flora Devoniensis, where C. filiformis is reported to 

 grow "near some old clay pits, by Teignbridge". No 

 botanist individually testifies this alleged station, the au- 

 thorship of the Flora Devoniensis being joint ; and the 

 mention of " clay " throws some degi'ee of suspicion on 

 the solitary station thus indicated for the species, and so 

 far removed from its area as otherwise known. 



1257. Carex hirta, Linn. 



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

 South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 North limit in Moray, Aherdeen, Argyle. 

 Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 70. 

 Latitude 50 — 58. British t}-pe of distribution. 

 Ag]'arian region. Inferagrarian — Superagi-:irian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 

 Eange of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 

 Native. Paludal, Pratal, &c. Most British botanists 

 are doubtless accustomed to think of this Carex as one of 



