216 12. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



ITS/Arenaria^peploides, Linn. ^' '^^■^■^^\ 



Area, general ? 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



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



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 46. 



Native. Littoral. Apparently found all around Britain, 

 on the sea shore, unless the province of Severn, with its 

 limited coast line, shall prove an exception. 



176. Arenaria ciliata, Linn. 



Hibernian. One of the few mountain plants of middle 

 Europe, which extend their area into Ireland, though absent 

 from Britain. 



177. Arenaria norvegica, Gunn. 



Area ^ijj^j^**^j|e*^*,-^^-;if-:)fijf^ 18. 

 South and North limit in Shetland. 

 Estimate of provinces 1. Estimate of counties 1. 

 Latitude 60 — 61. Local type of distribution. 

 Arctic region ? Inferarctic zone ? 



Descends ? Ascends ? (50 or 100 yards.) 



Range of mean annual temperature about 45 or 46. 



