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9. Adonis autumnalis, Linn. 



Aiea * 2 3 4 (5 * * 8 9 ^ 11 * 13 14). /c^ S^^. ///'/ Jp 



South limit in Dorsetshire, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Suffolk, (Oxfordshire?), Wiltshire. 



Estunate of provinces 3. Estimate of comities 8. 



Latitude 50 — 53. Germanic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone only. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Channel. 



Ascends to about 100 yards, in the Thames. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. ^ 



Colonist. Agrestal. Foimd chiefly on the chalky corn 

 lands in the province of Thames ; where it is now so well 

 established as an agiicultm'al weed, that it can scarcely be 

 held an alien, although, in all likelihood, first imported into 

 this countiy with seed corn fi'om the continent of Europe. 

 Dr. Bromfield considers it also quite naturalised in the Isle • 

 of Wight ; and the same botanist has favoin-ed me with 

 specimens from Ouse. In the other provinces, it can yet 

 be held scarcely more than an occasional straggler. 



10. Myosurus minimus, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 * * 8 9 10 11. 

 South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 North hmit in Northumberland and Cheshire. 

 Estimate of provinces 10. Estimate of coimties 30. 

 Latitude 50 — 55. Germanic type of distribution. 

 Agi-ai'ian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Channel. 

 Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



