23. LEGUMINOS^. 275 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 650 yards, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 41. 



Native. Sylvestral and Eiicetal. Omitted from the 

 Shetland Flora; and in that of Orkney it is mentioned 

 only as a species probably introduced. Excepting those 

 two gi'oups, and possibly the Hebrides also, it is too likely 

 to occur in every county to warrant the reduction of its 

 census to the next step below 80 ; namely, to 75. It is 

 barely assignable to the arctic region, about the lowest 

 borders, as far as I have seen locahties. Occms on the 

 moors by Loch Enicht, at about 400 yai'ds of altitude ; on 

 the Clova mountains, between 500 and 600 yards ; on the 

 Braemar moors, from 500 to 650 yards. Perhaps sown in 

 some of these places. 



249. Ulex edeop^us, Linn. 



249,b. Ulex strictus, {Mack.) Lindl. 



Area 1 2 .3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1-3 14 15 16 17 (18). 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Sutherland and Caithness. 



Estimate of provinces 17. Estimate of coimties 80. 



Latitude 50 — 59. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagi-arian zones. 



Descends. to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends (rarely) to 700 yards, in North Wales. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 42. 



Native. Ericetal and Glareal. It is difficult to decide 

 how far northwards this shnib is truly indigenous. We do 

 not find it recorded in the Flora of Shetland."" Though in- 

 cluded in Lowe's list of Orkney plants. Dr. Gilhes denies 

 it« nativity in that group of isles, and remarks that it " can 



