42. VALERIANACEiE. 27 



533. Valeriana pyeenaica, Linn. 



Area (* * * 4 5 * 7 ***** 13 14 15 16). 



Alien. An introduced plant which has become pretty 

 well established in the Middle and South of Scotland. I 

 observed it spai-ingly near Pentir, in Caernarvonshire. Mr. 

 Carter records it as having become established near Chea- 

 dle, in Staffordshire. Dr. Clarke reports it as found in 

 woods at Freston, three miles from Ipswich. 



534. Fedia olitoria, Vahl. 



535. Fedia carinata, Stev. ^^ l^^'^- ^^^ . -5^- 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Orkney, Sutherland. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 80. 



Latitude 50 — 60. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 46. 



Native. Agrestal, &c. The presumption appearing so 

 strong in favour of the view which regards V. carinata as 

 only an accidental variety of V. olitoria, and so little being 

 known about the distribution of the former apart from the 

 latter form mentioned, it seems more advisable to treat them 

 in union. Dr. Bromfield has lately written on this point, 

 "V. carinata, which abounds in Normandy and the Channel 

 Islands, will probably be found in this [Hants], as it has 

 already been in other counties of England ; but its great 



