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authority of the Rev. S. Pahiier, a contributor of errors to 

 the Magazine of Natural History. I have seen specimens 

 from York (Mr. John Tatham), Durham (Sir W. C. Tre- 

 velyan), and Perth (Mr. WilUam GourUe, B. S. London) ; 

 and tliese appear to be the only counties which can be 

 relied upon at present ; although it cannot be said that the 

 three other counties, interrogatively named above, are in 

 themselves improbable habitats. The county of West- 

 moreland rests on the authority of Ray's Synopsis, repeated 

 by various subsequent authors, but apparently without con- 

 firmation afresh. That of Inverness is mentioned in the 

 New Botanist's Guide, on the dubious authority of Boue ; 

 and that of Ross, in the same work, on the authority of a 

 checked catalogue, from the Rev. G. Gordon, without spe- 

 cial explanation. 



764. Bartsia viscosa, Linn. 



Area 1 2 * * * 6 ^ * 9 *.;,.* 13 * * 16. 



South limit in Cornwall, Dorset, Hants, Sussex. 



North limit in Argyle, Dumbarton, Renfrew. 



Estimate of provinces 6. Estimate of counties 12. 



Latitude 50 — 57. Atlantic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 50 or 100 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 



Native. Paludal. To the seven counties named above, 

 those of Devon, Glamorgan, Chester, Lancaster, and Wig- 

 ton may be added on admissable authority. Some others 

 of the western counties would seem likely habitats, and 

 perhaps the proper comital estimate may eventually be 

 found nearer 15 than 12. 



