112 44. COMPOSITE. 



641. Aster Tripolium, Linn. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Hebrides, E. Sutherland, Ross. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagraiian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends, at the coast level, to North Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 



Native. Littoral. Although the Rev. G. Gordon men- 

 tions to me the occurrrence of this plant in Sutherland, I 

 do not venture to indicate a higher northern latitude than 

 that of 58, under the supposition that it was observed in 

 the South-east of the county named. In the Catalogue of 

 Hebridean plants, only the Isle of North Uist is mentioned 

 for this species. 



642. SoLiDAGO ViRGAUREA., Linn. -^ -^ ^^^ A.^^o 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of pro\'inces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Superarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 950 or 1000 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 37. 



Native. Sylvatical, Ericetal. As this plant ascends to 



