56. BORAGlNACEiE. 275 



counties ; and as it is reported " abundant" even so far 

 north as Shetland, I have reckoned upon its provincial ge- 

 nerality, although unprepared to cite authorities for the 

 West or North Highlands. Local in Moray ; plentiful 

 about Aberdeen ; frequent in the Edinburgh circle. Nei- 

 ther this species nor M. versicolor are mentioned in the 

 Catalogue for the Outer Hebrides. 



854. Myosotis versicolor, Lehm. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, ? 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 80, 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 400 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 42. 



Native. Glareal, Agrestal. Some distinctions require 

 to be made between the habitats of this and M. collina, as 

 already intimated under the latter species. According to 

 the Flora of Shetland, M. versicolor is the less frequent of 

 the two in those northerly isles. 



>■- <r^ 855. LiTHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. ^io», i^^-^ 

 North limit in Ross, Moray, Forfar, Argyle. 

 Estimate of provinces 1 7. Estimate of counties 70. 

 Latitude 50 — 58. British (?) type of distribution. 



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