892 AI>DITIOXAL NOTES, ETC. 



159. Silene acaulis, vol. i. p. 203. 



Mr. Syme informs me that it is abimdant in Hoy, Ork- 

 ney, descending so low as 40 or 50 yards above the sea ; 

 so that it may be deemed almost a plant of the coast level 

 in latitude 60 ; and the temperature for it may be raised 

 to 45, if not to 46. 



161. Lychnis Viscaria, vol. i. p. 205. 



Provinces 6 and 13 may be added in the area; and the 

 counties of Radnor, Kirkcudbright (Mr. Peter Gray), and 

 Stirling (Mr. William Gourlie !), added to those before 

 enumerated. The census is thus raised to 5 provinces, 

 and to 9 counties. With regard to Radnorshire, I may 

 quote a passage in a letter of December, 1850, from 

 Mr. W. H. Purchas ; — " Mr. Bennett had specimens of 

 Sedum Forsterianum, Lychnis Viscaria, and Scleranthus 

 perennis, sent to him from the Stanner Rocks, a small 

 rocky hill near Kington. The county boundary runs over 

 the lower part of the hill, and hence the plants must, I 

 suppose, grow in Radnorshii-e. Mr. T. Westcombe has 

 been there, and confirms the accuracy of the above names." 

 The Scleranthus perennis is quite an unexpected plant for 

 the locality thus indicated. 



166. Moenchia erecta, Sm., vol. i. p, 208. 



The north limit may be carried into Northumberland, 

 on the faith of specimens from Mr. G. R. Tate, collected 

 on Spindlestone liills by Mr. William Richardson. The 

 latitude will thus become 50 — 56. 



167. Sagina procumbens, vol. i. p. 209. 



" This plant is scarce in Cambridgeshire, as Mr. Ba- 

 bington has only met with it in the Cambridge Botanic 

 Garden ; where it was probably introduced, and I have 

 not yet seen a specimen from the county." (Rev. W. W. 

 Newbonld.) - t^^m^'^ ^ /2C2iV»^ a^u. /<f'^t^ <-«-. /i'^'^^^ -^ 



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