128 44. COMPOSIT;E. 



Native. Agrestal, Viatical, &c. A very general plant, 

 omitted from the manuscript Flora of Orkney, by Dr. Gil- 

 lies ; but probably by mere inadvertence, since it is said to 

 be very common in Shetland : extending also to Faroe, and 

 over all Scandinavia. P. maritimum probably occurs all 

 around the coast of Britain, from the Isle of Wight (Dr. 

 Bromfield) to Orkney (Dr. Neill) ; but I am not able to 

 quote any authority for it in provinces 4, 5, 8. 



665. Matricaria Chamomilla, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (15 16) * [18]. 



South limit in Cornwall, Dorset, Hants, Kent. 



North limit about Edinburgh and Glasgow. 



Estimate of provinces 14. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 56. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — -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. Viatical, Agrestal. Probably to be found in 

 nearly all the English counties, although often overlooked, 

 from its general resemblance to species of Anthemis, &c. 

 In Scotland apparently quite rare. Dr. Macgillivray in- 

 cludes it in his list of Hebridean plants, but it was not 

 observed in the Isles by Messrs. Babington and Balfour. 

 In Orkney, according to the Rev. C. Clouston, which is 

 probably also a mistake. Lightfoot records a variety 

 " suaveolens," as seen at the entrance of Glen Beg, near 

 Glen Elg, West Highlands. Mr. Lawson mentions the 

 species as one introduced to Fife. It is said to occur 

 rarely (B. S. E. Cat.) about Edinburgh, occasionally about 

 Glasgow. I have no other authority for Scotland, except 



