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from gardens. Perhaps it would better be refeiTed to the 

 English type of distribution, and be treated as a species 

 not indigenous beyond the Grampians, if native anywhere 

 in the Highland provinces. 



918. Atriplex portulacoides, Linn. 



Area 1234*6789 10 11* 13 [14] * 16. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Dumbarton ? Wigton, Northumberland. 



Estimate of provinces 12. Estimate of covmties 25. 



Latitude 50 — 56. English type of distribution. 



Agi-arian region. Inferagrarian — Midagi'arian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends, at the coast level, to W. Lowlands or Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 48. 



Native. Littoral. Very rare on the coasts of Scotland. 

 Has been recorded as growing at Leith, near Edinburgh ; 

 but it is not recognized as a plant of the Forth, in the Cata- 

 logue by the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. The coast 

 of the Clyde, at Helensburgh, should be verified afi'esh. I 

 possess a specimen from Wigton, by favour of Professor 

 Balfour. 



919. Atriplex pedunculata, Linn. 



Area* *34*[6]*8** [11]. 



South limit in Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk. 



North limit in Lincoln, Cambridge. 



Estimate of provinces 3. Estimate of counties 5. 



Latitude 50 — 54. Germanic type of distribution. 



Agiarian region. Liferagrarian zone. 



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