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present species. 1 have seen specimens only fi'om Kent 

 (Mr. R. Kippist), and Suffolk (Mr. J. Paget). It is recorded 

 also from Devon, Dorset, Surrey, Middlesex, Essex, Staf- 

 ford, Salop, Leicester, Nottingham, Edinburgh, with the 

 three counties above named for the assumed northern limit 

 in tliis country. 



559. SoNCHUS ARVENSis, Linn. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Ross. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 8'i. 



Latitude 50 — 6L British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 45. 



Native, Agrestal, Inundatal. I did not observe this 

 species in Sutherland or Caithness, nor is it mentioned by 

 Balfour and Babington among the plants noticed by them 

 in the Outer Hebrides. Still, since it is said to be frequent 

 in Moray (Gordon), and "everywhere" in Shetland (Ed- 

 mondston), I have estimated its comital census at the fiill 

 number of 82 ; deeming the species more likely to be pre- 

 sent than absent in the counties mentioned. 



560. SoNCHUS ASPER, Hoffm. 



Area general ? 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Hebrides. 



