450 76. LILIACE.E. 



introduced " to Britain. It may be indigenous in England, 

 though the presumption seems more against than in favour 

 of this view. In Scotland, the localities are yet more to be 

 suspected of an artificial or human origin. For example, 

 it has long grown in a wood near Brechin Castle, in For- 

 farshire ; but the spot is stated (Phytol, iii. 477, and Flo. 

 Forf.) to be near the stables which were erected on the site 

 of the old garden, nearly half a century ago. In a letter 

 from Mr. George Lawson, that gentleman writes, — " I saw 

 the Brechin station in July, 1848. Brechin Castle woods 

 form a perfect garden of foreign plants, and I could not 

 suppose that the Tulip was other than the remains of cul- 

 tivation. It grew with Meconopsis cambrica, Rumex 

 alpinus, Papaver somniferum (on loose soil), Hesperis ma- 

 tronalis, Mimulus luteus, Viola odorata, Doronicum Parda- 

 lianches, &c." Fries admits it among the natives of 

 Scandinavia, where it occurs quite locally. 



1078. Fritillaria Meleagris, Linn. 



Areal 2345**8* [10 * 12]. 



South limit in Somerset, Dorset, Hants, Sussex. 



North limit in Norfolk, Leicester, Staflford. 



Estimate of provinces 6. Estimate of counties 15, 



Latitude 50 — 53. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in Channel or Thames. 



Ascends to 100 yards, less or more, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 50 — 49. 



Native ? Pratal. While some of the recorded localities 

 for this plant read very suspiciously, in others it appears 

 to be truly an indigenous species. In addition to the 

 counties above mentioned, my compilation of notes and 



