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lists of plants which were observed by myself in the north 

 of Sutherland, north of Caithness, east of Sutherland, east 

 of Ross, west of Inverness-shires ; nor is it marked in a 

 printed list of British plants, checked for Ross and Cro- 

 marty -shires, by the Rev. George Gordon. On these grounds, 

 I have hesitated to receive it as a native of Orkney. Rarely 

 seen at much altitude ; but was obsei^ved near Pitmain, in 

 Moray, at 750 feet ; by Dalnacardoch, in Perthshire, esti- 

 mated to be 1050 feet; above Castletown, in Aberdeen- 

 shire, at about 1500 feet: possibly introduced to these 

 places. 



22. Ranunculus hirsutus, Cnrt. 



.\rea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 '^;^^13 14 15 16. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Perthshire and Ai'gyleshire. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 60. 



Latitude 50 — 57. British (?) type of distribution. 



Agi'arian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean amiual temperatm-e 52 — 47. 



Native. Inundatal. Inhabits road-sides, especially in 

 spots where water stagnates in winter and wet weather ; also 

 found in cultivated fields and " wet meadows." Either 

 frequently overlooked, or else but thinly distributed through 

 its rather extended area. Its occmTence in two of the 

 Highland provinces has induced me to refer it to the 

 British rather than the English type of distribution. Ac- 

 cording to priority, I presume that the Linnean name " R. 

 pai-vulus" is the con'ect one. Continental authors chiefly use 

 that of " Philonotis." Slightly within the superagrarian zone. 



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