114 44. COMPOSITE. 



North limit in Caithness, Sutherland. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 80, 



Latitude 50 — 59. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 350 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 43. 



Native. Glareal, Sylvestral. Hitherto unrecorded from 

 the North Isles ; although likely enough to occur in the 

 Hebrides, if not in either of the two more northerly groups. 



645. Senecio viscosus, Linn. 



Area * [2] 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. 



South limit in Dorset ? Glamorgan, Surrey ? Kent. 



North limit in Aberdeen, Dumbarton, Renfrew. 



Estimate of provinces 14. Estimate of counties 30. 



Latitude 51 — 58. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Thames province. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 50 — 47. 



Native. Viatical. According to Dr. Salter's list this 

 species is frequent within sixteen miles of Poole, in Dorset, 

 though rare within eight miles of the town. This list being 

 the only authority for the existence of the plant within the 

 Channel province, while I have none for that of the Penin- 

 sula, I cannot avoid some distrust of Dr. Salter's accuracy 

 in this instance. And I fear that the localities reported for 

 thirty other counties altogether, exclusive of Dorset, may 

 some of them be erroneous. The counties from which I 

 have seen specimens are those of Suffolk (Mr. Notcutt), 

 Durham (Rev, John Bigge), Northumberland (Mr. Storey), 



