322 23. LEGUMINOS.E. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrariau — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 47. 



Native. Septal, &c. Like the preceding species, this 

 one is found in corn-fields and meadows, as well as in 

 hedge-rows and bushy places. It is much the less com- 

 mon of the two, though still frequent enough in the more 

 southern provinces. In Scotland, I am not aware of its 

 occurrence in any other counties than those of Kirkcud- 

 bright, Lanark, Fife and Forfar. To Fifeshire, it is sup- 

 posed to have been introduced through ship's ballast ; but 

 it would seem to be native on the coast of Forfarshire, 

 from the report of its locality by Dr. Macnab m- Dr..G:ra- 

 ham, namely, " among debris, in a very rocky bay, between 

 Auchmithie arfd Seaton House, about half-way between 

 Red Head and Arbroath, very abundant." (Excurs.) Be- 

 sides these counties, it is recorded as an Orkney species, 

 in Lowe's list. Hooker and Babington alike describe V. 

 gracilis as a distinct species ; while Henslow places it as a 

 variety in the 'Catalogue of British Plants;' as it is also 

 placed in the 'London Catalogue.' Though myself in- 

 clining to concur with Professor Henslow's view, I would 

 have described the distribution of V. gracilis apart fi-om 

 that of V. tetrasperma, had I been in possession of the 

 necessary data. All I am able to say, is, that botanists 

 report Y. gracilis from the first four southern provinces ; 

 namely, 1, 2, 3, 4. 



305. Lathyrus Aphaca, Linn. -^ /^ ^^^ U-lfP. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 * * (8 * 10 11 * * 14). 

 South limit in Devon, Dorset, Sussex, Kent. 



