242 55. LAMIACE^. 



introduced. " Sides of springs on the Pentland Hills " is 

 another alleged habitat ; but the species is not recognized 

 as one of the Edinburgh circuit, in the Catalogue published 

 by the Botanical Society of that city ; and the alleged ha- 

 bitat is suspicious in itself Is the Ciunberland locality, 

 " Low Holm Mire," a native one ? Possibly the estimate 

 of 40 counties might prove too high ; while that of 30 may 

 be rather too low. 



Thymus Serpyllum, Lmn. ^ J^^/// , 



810. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 6L British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Superarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 1150 yards, in West Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 35. 



Native. Ericetal. Various botanists have supposed that 

 two species are comprehended under the name of Seipyl- 

 Irsa-j .andrit may be that such is the fact, although hitherto 

 they have not been clearly distinguished one fi*om the 

 other. The present, it will be observed, is one among the 

 small number of species which extend from the south coast 

 of England up to the superarctic zone in the Highlands. 



811. Origanum vuLGARE, Linn. "^ ^^'''^.«/^ 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



