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Z".^^- ///[/_ opi 161. Lychnis Viscaria, Linn. 



Area ^ ^ ^ :j(. ^^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .^^ \^ \b. 



Soutli limit in Montgomeryshire and Roxburghshire. 



North limit in Forfarshire and Perthshire. 



Estimate of provinces ^^ Estimate of counties Xv^ 



Latitude 52 — 57. Local type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Midagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to 100 or 150 yards, in Scotland. 



Ascends to 300 yards (?), in North Wales. 



Range of mean annual temperature 47 — 46. 



Native. Rupestral. A very local plant, the distribu- 

 tion of which would seem to be determined more by the 

 nature of the igneous rocks on which it grows, than by the 

 climate. It is said to occur in the counties of Forfa, 

 Perth, Fife, Edinburgh, Roxburgh, and also Montgomery ; 

 but very locally in each of them. 



162. Lychnis Flos-cuculi, Linn. 



Area, general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Inferarctic zones.. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Channel. 



Ascends to 650 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 40. 



Native. Paludal. Frequent as to localities, and general 

 when tested by its area and estimated census ; but being 

 limited to damp or marshy ground, it will not rank among 



