58. PRIMDLACE^. 293 



elatior. The true s]3ecies has been observed in different 

 localities in Essex ; and Mr. Bentall gives me also that of 

 Finborough, in Suffolk. Possibly, too, the " peculiar va- 

 riety" of Oxlip, which is said to gi'ow " in gi'eat plenty," at 

 Westhoe, a few miles from Cambridge, may prove to be 

 true P. elatior (Jacq.) Little reliance can now be placed 

 on such of the experiments which appeared to establish 

 the specific identity of P. veris, P. elatior, and P. vulgaris, 

 as were made previous to 1842; because the real charac- 

 ters by which these plants are to be distinguished one from 

 another, were then veiy imperfectly understood by British 

 botanists. 



/tt/^^-^^.^-^^ 880. Primdla VERIS, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 * 17 18. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. '^J****o«»*A 



North limit in Orkney, Caitlmess, Sutherland. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 75. 



Latitude 50 — 60. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 450 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 42. 



Native. Pratal. Possibly the comital estimate might 

 have been better placed at 80 than at 75. But P. veris 

 would seem to be an uncommon plant in the west of Scot- 

 land. 



881. Primula FARiNOSA, Linn. 



Area * .* [3 * * * 7] * 9 10 11 12 * 14 * * [17 18]. 

 South limit in Lancashire, Yorkshire. 



