38 44. COMPOSITE. 



lochan, in Breadalbane ; which, if it were a reUable fact, 

 would carry the range of latitude one degree more north- 

 ward, and the ascending range up even to the midarctic 

 zone. 



549.^Leontodo9/hispidum, Linn. '^ '^ ■ '/i-<ffy. 



Areal 2 3 4 5 6 7 8$ 10 11 ? 13 14 15 * * [18]. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Forfar, and about Glasgow. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 60. 



Latitude 50 — 57. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. luferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 



Native. Pratal, Pascual. This has been stated to grow 

 in Orkney, but on indiflferent authority ; and I have re- 

 ceived Hypochoeris radicata, thus labelled, among a set of 

 specimens collected in Orkney. Gardiner says that it oc- 

 curs plentifully in Forfarshire, " in sandy pastures near the 

 sea, as well as on the moory ground, way-sides, and hills, 

 inland." I know of no locality more northerly. Hopkirk 

 records it " in pastures occasionally " about Glasgow, 

 which gives a probability of its occurrence in Dumbarton 

 or Argyle, and thus in the West Highland province. 

 Those of the Mersey and Lakes would seem very probable, 

 and, indeed, I think that it has been seen in both of those 

 provinces by myself, although I possess no written memo- 

 randum of the fact. 



