464 76. LiLiACE^. 



Estimate of provinces 6. Estimate of counties 10. 



Latitude 50 — 54. English (?) type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends, at the coast level, to Trent province. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 49. 



Native. Littoral. Chiefly found on the coasts of the 

 western counties, at the present time ; the eastern counties, 

 as recorded in books upon old authority, remaining unveri- 

 fied by existing botanists. Thus, going by recent autho- 

 rity only, the type should be set down as Atlantic ; but 

 trusting to the older authors and reporters, it must be pro- 

 nounced as English, habitats having been recorded in 

 several of the eastern counties ; namely, Kent (Huds.), 

 Essex (Ray), Suffolk or Norfolk (Woodward), Lincoln 

 (Banks), and Haddington (Maughan). I have met with it 

 in several spots in North Surrey, but no doubt originating 

 firom cultivation ; as I believe to be the case on the sands 

 of the Lancashire coast, about Bootle. It has been 

 said that the Asparagus of the gardens diff'ers specifically 

 from the really native plant of the coast ; but I know not 

 by what characters to distinguish them in a satisfactory 

 manner. 



1097. Ruscus ACULEATUs, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 * 6 * 8 * 10 11 * (13 * 15 16). 

 South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 North limit in Durham, Ayr } Lanark ? Islay ? 

 Estimate of provinces 8. Estimate of counties 20. 

 Latitude 50 — 55 (56). English type of distribution. 

 Agraiian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



