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North limit in Moray and (Ross-shii-e ?) . 



Estimate of provinces 12. Estimate of comities 40. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends nearly to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 150 yards, in Scotland. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 46. 



Native. Rupestral and Glareal. Sparsely distributed 

 up the east side of Britain, and still less frequent in the 

 westerly provinces ; though plentiful in some of its localities. 

 In the British Flora, it is stated to grow as far north as 

 Ross-sliire ; but I am not aware of the personal authority 

 upon which that statement is made. There appears nothing 

 unlikely in the occurrence of this species in Kent, and 

 the interrogative will be understood only as asking for better 

 * authority in confinnation. Dr. Neill says that D. deltoides 

 gi'ows in the "island of Vailey, observed by Mr. G. White;" 

 yet it is omitted from the Flora of Shetland. D. glaucus 

 has been found about Edinbm-gh (Mr. Edmondston), in 

 Yorkshire (Mr. Biden), and, dubiously indigenous, in Sur- 

 rey. The type is partially Germanic. 



151. Saponaria officinalis, Linn.. 

 151,b. Saponaria hybrida, Linn. 



Aiea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. 



South limit in Cornwall, Hants, Kent. 



North limit in Fife and Ayrshire. 



Estimate of provinces 15. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 57. English type of distribution. 



Agi-arian region. Inferagrarian — Midagi-arian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 150 yards, in England. 



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