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will occur in corn-fields almost as high as corn is culti- 

 vated ; but either the clean farming or the humid climate 

 renders it scarce in the Highland valleys. I think to have 

 seen it to 300 yards in Wales. The true south limit wall 

 probably be in Cornwall. 



42. Papaver Rhceas, Linn. 



Area 1 -2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 * * (18). 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent, 



North limit in Aberdeenshire and about Glasgow. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of coimties 75. 



Latitude 50 — 58. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 



Colonist. Agrestal. An abundant plant in most parts 

 of England; less so in Scotland; scarce in the Highlands. 

 The Rev. G. Gordon doubts whether it is wild in Moray, 

 and thinks it " has little or no claim to be considered a 

 north country plant." On the other hand, Mr. Edmond- 

 ston declared it to be perfectly indigenous in Shetland; and 

 it is included in Dr. Gillies's Flora of Orkney, on the faith 

 of Mr. Lowe's list. Dr. Dickie says that it is frequent 

 about Aberdeen. I do not find the name in the lists of spe- 

 cies seen by myself in Dumbaiton, Stirling, Perth, Forfar, 

 Aberdeen (Braemar), Moray, Ross, Caithness, and Suther- 

 land shires. Can scarcely be deemed a plant of the super- 

 agi-arian zone ; though it may occur just within the strict 

 limits, by its localities in Aberdeenshire, &c. 



