412 73. ORCHIDACE.E. 



are (1777) the remains of an old wood of the yew ; and he 

 farther observes that Glenure, in the Gaelic language, is no 

 other than a corruption of Gleaniuir, that is, the Valley of 

 yew trees. With reference to the trees of Aberdeenshire, 

 Dr. Dickie writes in the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, 

 1843, p. 18, that at Crathes [Crathie ?] the yew trees are 

 stated to be very fine, some of them growing in clefts of 

 rocks, and all of natural growth, never having been planted 

 in such situations. Taxus fastigiata would seem to be 

 only a variety or permanent monstrosity of T. baccata, 

 kept up by cultivation. 



1032. GoODYERA REPENS, Br. 



Area * [2 3] ******* [11 12] * * 15 16 17. 



South limit in Perth, Forfar, Kincardine, Aberdeen. 



North limit in Ross, West- Inverness, Moray, Banff. 



Estimate of provinces 3. Estimate of counties 9. 



Latitude 56 — 58. Scottish type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Midagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in East Highlands. 



Ascends to 200 yards, more or less, in same province. 



Range of mean annual temperature 47 — 45. 



Native. Sylvestral. The eight counties above named 

 are all those for which there appears sufficiently good au- 

 thority ; and I possess specimens from six of them ; Perth 

 and Ross being the exceptions in my herbarium. The 

 counties of Sutherland and Argyle, hitherto imperfectly 

 ex^jlored, seem likely enough, also, to warrant the addition 

 of one of them to the estimated census. For the English 

 provinces of Channels and Thames (see Flora Hertfordien- 

 sis), Tyne (see Winch's Flora), and Lakes (Hutton, in 

 Botanist's Guide), the authorities are far too unsafe for re- 



