250 16. HYPERICACE.E. 



Latitude 50 — 5]. Atlantic type of distribution. 



Agi'arian region. Inferagi'arian zone. 



Descends } (At or near the coast level) . 



Ascends ? 



Range of mean annual temperatui'e 52 — ? 



Native. Rupestral. This species is stated to have been 

 found at Cape Cornwall, by Messrs. Borrer and Babington ; 

 as also, "among gi-anite rocks near the banks of the Teign, 

 Devon," by a dissenting minister, the Rev. Mr. Hincks. 

 The mention of "granite rocks" seems to refer the locality 

 to the upper part of the stream, on or near Dartmoor ; in 

 which case the range of altitude and temperature must be 

 canied farther than I have ventured to assign for the loca- 

 lities of the plant. Is there any certainty that the Devon- 

 shire specimens belong to this species ? 



220. Hypericum pulchrum, Linn. 



Area, general. 



V 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. Inferagi-arian — Inferarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsvda. 



Ascends to 750 yards, in the East Higlilands. 



Range of mean annual temperatm-e 52 — 40. 



Native. Eric'etal. Few English botanists appear to 

 know that this is the most widely distributed species of its 

 genus, in Britain. The name frequently occm-s in local 

 lists of " rare plants," in which other less general species 

 are not mentioned. The elegance of the plant may render 

 it more a favourite with botanical observers; and they may 



