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541. ScABiosA succisA, Linn. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Midarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 800 or 850 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 38. 



Native. Ericetal, Pascual. Though banished by the 

 farmer from his arable lands and manured meadows, this 

 is still one of the most generally distributed among our 

 native plants. 



542. ScABiosA COLUMBARIA, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 * 10 11 12 * 14 15. 



South Hmit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Aberdeen, Westmoreland, Anglesea. 



Estimate of provinces 13. Estimate of counties 40. 



Latitude 50 — 58. Germanic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 400 or 450 yards, in North Wales. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 45. 



Native. Pascual, Rupestral. It will be seen from the 

 three counties named above for the northern limit of this 

 species, as well as from the provincial area indicated, that 

 it still approximates closely to the principal peculiarity of 



