100 80. GRAMINA. 



1279. Alopecurus geniculatus, Linn. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



Noi-th limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 400 yards, in East Highlands. 



Eange of mean annual temperature 52 — 43. 



Native. Paludal. More generally common through 

 Britain than A. pratensis, for that term " common " is 

 applied to this species even so far north as Shetland ; 

 while its upper and northerly localities must also be less 

 open to susjjicion of agricultural or accidental introduc- 

 tion. Possibly it will be found in the lower arctic zone. 



1280. A-LOPECURUS FtJLVUS, Sm. 



Area *2345*7******* [15]. 

 South limit in Wilts, Sussex, Surrey. 

 North limit in Norfolk, Stafford, Denbigh. 

 Estimate of provinces 5. Estimate of counties 12. 

 Latitude 50 — 54. English type of distribution. 

 Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 

 Descends to the coast level, in Channel. 

 Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 

 Eange of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 

 Native. Paludal. Of this rather unsatisfactory species 

 I have seen specimens only from Surrey and Essex ; and 



