166 49. APOCYNACE^. 



records, whether the Ash is planted only, or native and 

 planted, near Roddal. It grows pretty well to 300 or 400 

 yards in the Highland valleys, but probably planted. 



716. ViNCA MINOR, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 (8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15). 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Montgomery, Stafford, Norfolk. 



Estimate of provinces 7. Estimate of counties 20. 



Latitude 50 — 53. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 



Denizen. Sylvestral, Septal. Much difference of opinion 

 has prevailed with reference to the genuine nativity of 

 this species in Britain. It is recorded in forty counties, 

 or upwards ; but in at least the half of this number, it is 

 only mentioned in terms which imply, or directly express, 

 distrust of the natural origin of its localities. I have my- 

 self seen the species in various places, from Devon and 

 Surrey northward to Edinburgh ; and in every place the 

 presumption seemed to be stronger against, than in coun- 

 tenance of, its aboriginal nativity. Still, so many other 

 botanists have regarded the species as being truly wild, in 

 the south of England, that I feel constrained to take it out 

 of the Alien class. Passing northwards, from Montgomery 

 and Norfolk, the habitats become more and more dis- 

 trusted, and are confessed to be so even by the botanists 

 who " discover" them ; until, in Scotland, scarcely any 

 local writer pretends to pronounce it a true native. The 

 compilers of the Edinburgh Society's Catalogue, however. 



