12. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 209 



167. Sagina procumbens, Linn. 



Area, general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 8'2. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Superarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 1250 yards, in East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 35. 



Native. Inundatal, Viatical, &c. One of the very few 

 species whose distribution may be deemed universal in 

 Britain ; from the extreme south to the extreme north ; 

 from the coast to the alpine summits of all, unless two 

 or three of the very highest, of our mountains. To a 

 plant so universal in its distribution, none of our series of 

 terms will apply singly ; the two above used being, per- 

 haps, the nearest or most comprehensive for its various 

 situations. 



168. Sagina maritima, Don. 



. f^/C.//il Area 1 2 [3] 4 * 6 7 * 9 ^ 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 

 <?/^^ South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Sussex. 



North limit in Shetland, Sutherland, Hebrides. ^ lA^'h^ 

 Estimate of provinces 14. Estimate of counties 40. 

 Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 

 Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends, at the coast level, to the North Isles. 

 Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 4j^y^. 



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