80. GRAMINA. 183 



Stipa pennata, Linn. 



Area [12]. 



Incognit. " Found by Dr. Richardson, in company with 

 Tho. Lazcson, on the Lime-stone Rocks hanging over a 

 little valley, call'd Long Sleaclale, about six Miles North 

 of Kendale in Westmorland." (Dill. Rail Syn. 393). A 

 conspicuous grass, very little likely to be found in the 

 place indicated, and not again discovered since the time 

 of Ray. Some mistake is to be presumed, although it 

 cannot now be accounted for. 



1307. AvENA FATUA, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 * * (14 15 * * 18). 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Durham, Lancaster. (Shetland). 



Estimate of provinces 11. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 55. English tj^pe of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 



Colonist. Agi-estal. Probably an agricultural intro- 

 duction to Britain ; that is, imported with foreign seeds 

 of the cereals. Assuming the probabihty of this origi- 

 nally alien character, the question will then arise, whether 

 the plant has now become sufficiently established to be 

 held a " colonist " throughout the island, or only over a 

 portion ? It may be deemed a well established agrestal 

 weed in the southern provinces ; but hardly more than an 



