208 12. CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



cultivation should be discontinued. It is, however, carried 

 about the country, and sown with corn crops, year after 

 year ; and it may be held quite established as a weed in 

 England ; perhaps, also, in Scotland. It has occurred in 

 Shetland, " in fields of wheat and rye, imported with the 

 seed." Both Dr. Neill and Mr. Duguid report it from 

 Orkney. 



166. MORNCHIA ERBCTA, Sm. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Durham and Cheshire. ''^rt^^W^ JU^U^ 



Estimate of provinces 12. Estimate of counties 40. 



Latitude 50 — 55. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 400 yards, in North Wales (Bowman). 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 45. -jefc=^^ 



Native, Glareal. So small a plant is likely to be over- 

 looked, and it seems probable that its northward termina- 

 tion is not so early or abrupt as present records would 

 show. There is nothing in the nature of the soil or situa- 

 tion of its stations, which should prevent its growth in more 

 northerly counties than those indicated for its limit ; and 

 the altitude at which it was found by Mr. Bowman, namely, 

 on the top of Breiddon Hill, indicates a capability of bear- 

 ing a colder coast climate than that of Cheshire. The pre- 

 sumption seems strong, that the Moenchia will yet be 

 found in the Lake and West Lowland provinces, if not else- 

 where in Scotland. 



