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Society it is marked with the highest sign of frequency 

 for that neighbourhood, perhaps incorrectly so. 



1351. Bromus madritensis, Linn. 



Area 123*66**** [11** 14 15]. 



South limit in Devon, South Hants, South Kent. 



North limit in Caermarthen, South Gloucester, ? 



Estimate of provinces 5. Estimate of counties 10. 



Latitude 50 — 52. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 60 yards, less or more, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 49. 



Native. Glareal. Like too many other plants, this 

 one has been reported from stations which would give a 

 far wider area and range than can be received here with- 

 out verification by more recent or better authority. The 

 coimties of Devon (Mr. G. S. Gibson), Somerset (Mrs. 

 Eussell !), Hants (Dr. Bromfield), Kent (Rev. G. E. Smith), 

 Gloucester (Mr. Thwaites !), Glamorgan (Mr. Gutch), 

 Caermarthen (IVIr. Motley), being sufiiciently probable, 

 and well or fairly testified to, may be admitted as correct. 

 The species formerly grew near London (Mr. Borrer, &c.), 

 and probably at Oxford ; but whether still to be found in 

 either habitat, I do not know. The following counties 

 should be distrusted until verified; namely, Worcester 

 (Dr. Stokes, &c.), Durham (Weighell's Herbarium, from 

 ballast hills), Edinburgh (Dr. Arnott, in Hook. Scot. &c.), 

 Fife (Rev. A. Robertson), Kinross (Brit. Flo. edit. 4). If 

 ever found in Scotland, it would probably be as an intro- 

 duced species only. 



