23. LEGUMINOS^. 309 



North limit in Ross-shire, Moray, Aberdeenshire. 



Estimate of provinces 9. Estimate of counties 25. 



Latitude 51 — 58. Germanic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Tyne province. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in Scotland. 



Range of mean annual temperature 48 — 46. 



Native. Pascual, &c. Peculiar in its distribution ; as 

 apparently shunning the more southern counties, as well 

 as the western and most northern. It is less prevalent in 

 the south-east of England, and more prevalent in the east 

 of Scotland, than other species assigned to the Germanic 

 type ; and yet it comes nearer to that than to any other 

 type of distribution. It is included in the list of Poole 

 plants, and has been recorded from Carisbrook, in the Isle 

 of Wight ; but both of these (if not the same intended 

 locality) are probably erroneous ; as also that of the Fo- 

 rest, near Woodford bridge, in Essex. 



288. Astragalus alpinus, Linn. 



Area --(i^*^^^^^^^***^ 15. 



South limit in Forfarshire. 



North limit in Aberdeenshire. 



Estimate of provinces 1. Estimate of counties 2. 



Latitude 56 — 58. Highland type of distribution. 



Arctic region. Midarctic zone. 



Descends to about 800 yards, in Aberdeenshire. 



Ascends to about 900 yards, in Forfarshire. 



Range of mean annual temperature 38 — 37. 



Native. Rupestral. Very local; occurring on rocks 

 in Glen Dole, Forfarshire, in small quantity ; more plenti- 

 fully on a hill or moor, called Little Craigandall, in Aber- 



