324 23. LEGUMINOS.E. 



307. Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn. ^ r/^./^/'. /. ^/j_ 



Area 1 =^ 3 * * * * [8 * 10 11]. 



South and North limits in Somerset and Essex. 



Estimate of provinces 2. Estimate of counties 2. 



Latitude 51 — 52. Local or English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in province of Thames. 



Ascends .^ Say, to 50 yards in the Peninsula. 



Range of mean annual temperature 50 — 49. 



Native .'' Agrestal t Very local ; occurring between 

 Bath and Bristol (Swayne, T. B. Flower) and in some few- 

 spots in Essex (C. C. Babington, &c.). Mr. Coke re- 

 ported it from South Normanton, in Derbyshire. In the 

 Flora of Yorkshire, it is said to grow "in cultivated fields 

 near Elvington ;" but without any personal authority being 

 quoted. Stated, also, to have been formerly found on bal- 

 last hills, in the province of Tyne. These three latter 

 localities and counties require confirmation. In " culti- 

 vated fields." Brit. Flora. 



308. Lathyrus pratensis, Linn. 



Area, general. 



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. 

 Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 350 yards, in the East Highlands. 



