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ditch on the left hand of the road from Blackwall to the 

 Ferry House ; and there, if not truly wild, it is at least 

 perfectly naturalized." (Phytol. i. p. 255.) 



153. SiLENE INFLATA, Sm. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18]. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Ross and Argyle shires. 



Estimate of provinces 17. Estimate of counties 75. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British tyjDe of distribution. 



Agi-arian region. Inferagi-arian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 250 yards, in East Higlilands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 44. 



Native. Pascual, &c. Not decidedly a common plant ; 

 but just one of those whose absence from, or presence in, 

 any small area of a few miles, w^ould scarcely attract notice. 

 My notes of it include forty-seven counties, and doubtless 

 it gi-ows in many others for which I ha^e no lists, unless for 

 a few of the rare species. In Bany's Orkney, it is mentioned 

 as growing "ui clefts of rocks," a station which will probably 

 belong to S. maritima. S. inflata, however, seems likely 

 to occur more north than Ai-gyle and Ross. 



153,C, SiLENE MARITIMA, With. 



Aiea 1- 2 3 4 5 6 7 * 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 

 South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 

 Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 60. 

 Latitude 50 — 6L British type of distribution. 



