78 44. COMPOSITE. 



several of the local Floras for English counties. Apparently, 

 however, it becomes less frequent and more suspected in 

 the western provinces; remaining quite unrecorded for 

 three of them, as far as my collections of localities can 

 show the published records, and probably few have escaped 

 my search. 



599. Carduus lanceolatus, 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 — Inferarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 550 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 41. 



Native. Viatical, Pascual. Infrequent above the agra- 

 rian region. This should be the true Scottish Thistle, if 

 any one species in particular is to be so considered. 



600. Carduus eriophorus, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 * 8 9 10 11 [12 * (14 15) 16]. 

 South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 North limit in Durham, Lancaster. (Fife ? Argyle ?). 

 Estimate of provinces 10. Estimate of counties 30. 

 Latitude 50 — 55. English type of distribution. 

 Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zone. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



