204 53. SCROPHULARIACE^. 



of each is still somewhat uncertain, when they are taken 

 separately. V. polita seems not unlikely to occur farther 

 northward than the two counties above named ; but if not 

 found beyond Forfarshire, its geographic type may be 

 deemed as near to the English as to the British. 



762. Veronica Buxbaumii, Ten. 



Area (1 2 3 4 5 6 * 8 * 10 11 * 13 14 15). 



Alien. Apparently introduced, and artificially distributed 

 by the sowing of clover seeds or by other means. It now 

 occurs in numerous counties, from Cornwall and Kent 

 northward to Fife, — even to Moray, through being sown as 

 a garden annual. 



763. Bartsia alpina, Linn. /Cu /^ Z-^^. <f^ 



Area * * [3] ****** 10 11 [12] * * 15 [16 17]. 



South limit in York, Durham, Westmoreland ? 



North limit in Perth, Ross ? Inverness ? 



Estimate of provinces 3. Estimate of counties 3. 



Latitude 54 — 57 (58) . Highland type of distribution. 



Arctic region. Inferarctic — Midarctic zone. 



Descends to .'' (600 yards, more or less ?) 



Ascends to ? (1000 yards, more or less ?) 



Range of mean annual temperature (say 48 — 38). 



Native. Rupestral. Not having seen this local plant in 

 its wild habitats, I am unable to illustrate its distribution 

 sufficiently from the inexact and imcertain data afforded 

 by other botanists. It has been recorded from the six 

 counties above mentioned, together with the extremely im- 

 probable addition of Essex ; the latter resting only on the 



