294 23. LEGUMINOSiE. 



province side of the river Welland, which divides the two 

 provinces, I do not add the latter to the provincial area, 

 until it may appear correct to do so. At the other ex- 

 tremity of its area, we find the plant stated to grow near 

 Tonbridge Wells, which carries it close to the borders of 

 Sussex, in the province of the Channel. Thus, while the 

 species certainly occurs in two, it may occur in four, of the 

 eastern provinces; the estimate being set above at 3. 

 " Dry gravelly soils in the East of England." (Bab. Man.). 



270. Tripolium incarnatum, Linn. 



Area (uncertain). 



Alien. Of late years this has been frequently sown ; and 

 as straggling examples occur here and there, it finds men- 

 tion in some of our catalogues of British plants. 



270,b. Trifolium Molinieri, Balh. -4 M-/// Ji.l/i'i 



Area 1. 



South and North limit in Cornwall. 



Estimate of provinces 1. Estimate of counties 1. 



Latitude 49 — 50. Local or Atlantic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. j 



Descends ? 



Ascends ? (At or near the coast level). 



Range of mean annual temperature 52. ] 



"Native." Pascual or Rupestral? A recent addition to 

 the flora of England ; and regarded as a variety of the in- 

 troduced T. incarnatum. Though it is very like the latter, 

 I am not clear that they ought to be regarded as one i 



identical species ; and the statements of the Rev W. S. ' 



