242 86. GBAltllNA. 



Ascends to 200 yai'ds, or upwards, in Humber. 



Range of mean annual temperature 50 — 46. 



Native. Sylvestral. A scarce plant in proportion to 

 the number of counties (18) in wliich it has been recorded ; 

 and some of those counties now rest upon old authority, 

 not directly verified of late, nor having received that indi- 

 rect confirmation which is given by the discovery of other 

 neighbouring localities or habitats. For example, I find 

 no authority for the existence of the si)ecies in Wales, ex- 

 cepting Mr. Griffith, as quoted in the Botanist's Guide, 

 and this would hardly suffice to justify the admission of 

 No. 7 in the area, if the sj)ecies had not been found in the 

 adjacent provinces of Severn and Mersey. The altitude 

 of 200 yards is indicated on faith of a specimen from Mr. 

 Tatham, labelled as found at Cave Hole Wood, near 

 Settle. If that station be much above Settle, the species 

 may be said to attain the superagTarian zone by altitude, 

 although not reaching so far by latitude. 



1367. HOEDEUM PRATENSE, Huds. 



Area 123456789 10 11* [13] 14. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Benvick, Northumberland, Lancaster. 



Estimate of provinces 13. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 56. English tj^je of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagraiian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 47. 



Native. Pratal. Not at all peculiar to the coast, and 

 yet apparently more frequent in the vicinity of the sea 

 than in the inland counties. On the authority of " Mr. 



