218 12. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 50 or 100 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 



Native. Glareal. Possibly I have here too much con- 

 tracted the area and range of this species ; but false loca- 

 lities for it appear so numerous, that I scarcely know 

 vehich to trust, and which to reject. Several tolerable 

 authorities (see Turner and Dillwyn's Guide) report local- 

 ities in Yorkshire; and it is introduced into Baines's Flora 

 of that county. The Flora, however, can be no additional 

 authority. It would seem to have been merely made up 

 with scissors in the library, by cutting out the localities from 

 Teesdale's list and other sources, and cutting off the names 

 of the botanical authorities. By this unworthy process, 

 it is made to appear as if the writer of the Flora had actually 

 verified the localities by his own personal observation; 

 though I am satisfied that in many (probably, almost all) 

 cases he has simply copied out the reported localities, and 

 suppressed the names of their authorities. 



f. Arenaria uliginosa, (Sc/tZ. /*t. K^.^f/,Ji.0^y 



Area ^jt^^^^^^^-^ifll. 



South and North limits in Durham. 



Estimate of provinces 1. Estimate of counties 1. 



Latitude 54 — 55. Local type of distribution. 



Arctic region ? Inferactic zone. 



Descends ? Ascends ? (About 600 yards.) 



Range of mean annual temperature about 42. 



Native. Rupestral ? An extremely local species, and 

 only recently discovered in Britain. As yet only a single 

 locality is known ; but there appears likelihood that it will 



