55. LAMIACE.E. 261 



836. Stachys Betonica, Benth. 



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



South limit in Corawall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Perth, Edinburgh, about Glasgow. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 60. 



Latitude 50 — 57. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrariau 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. Sylvestral. As this occurs in Perthshire, and 

 " not unfrequently" about Glasgow, probability seems to 

 warrant the inclusion of the West Highlands in the pro- 

 vincial estimate. The habitats of Dupplin and Dunkeld, 

 in Perthshire, indicate a near approach to the superagra- 

 rian zone, and possibly a mean temperature down to 46. 



837. Stachys palustris, Linn. 

 ,Ae*. /^^.//^ ^,^^ 837, b. Stachys ambigua, Sm. 



- 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 — 61. British type of distribution. 

 Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 350 yards, in East Highlands. 

 Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 43. 

 Native. Paludal, Agrestal. A variable species, and 



