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954. HiPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES, Limi. 



Area *-^34*jif^8*10***(14* 16). 



South limit in Kent, Essex, Norfolk. 



North limit in York, Lincoln. 



Estimate of provinces 4. Estimate of counties 5. 



Latitude 51 — 55. Germanic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Thames province. 



Ascends, at the coast level, to that of Humber. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 49. 



Native. Littoral or Sub-littoral. A very scarce or local 

 shrub, reported from the five counties mentioned above ; 

 but only from those of Kent and Norfolk on recent autho- 

 rity. Also occurs by the shore of the Firth of Forth, 

 doubtless planted originally ; as, I presume, was likewise 

 the case in Islay and Cantire, where Professor Balfour ob- 

 served this plant. 



955. Daphne Laureola, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 * 7 8 9 10 11 * 13 14 (15). 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Fife .' Edinburgh, Berwick, Lanark. 



Estimate of provinces 12. Estimate of counties 40. 



Latitude 50 — 57. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 47. 



Native. Sylvestral. Plentiful in some places, but an 



