304 58. PRfMULACEiE. — 59. PLUMBAGINACEvE. 



coast than inland. As a maritime plant, it appears to be 

 very widely scattered about the earth. 



894. Glaux maritima, Linn. /4u. /^. ^// 



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Area general^ 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 60. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Snperagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends, at the coast level, to the North Isles. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 45. 



Native. Littoral. Occurs in upwards of 50 counties, 

 though probably not quite in so many as 60. In the pro- 

 vince of Severn, it has been found far inland where the earth 

 or the water is of a saHne character, as in Worcestershire 

 and Staffordshire. See Phytologist, i. 331, and iii. 512 ; 

 also Gamer's Nat. Hist. Staff. 357. 



895. Armeria maritima, Willd. -^ F*^- //J / . _ 



Area general ir 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 

 Estimate of provinces 1 8. Estimate of counties 60. 

 Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 

 A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Superagi'arian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 1200 yards, in East Highlands. 

 Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 35. 



