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species which are distributed so widely, and which also as- 

 cend so high ; and it may be considered quite a rare plant 

 in the south of England. Possibly, however, the county 

 census might be caiTied up to 75. 



'y^. /?/. J . ^/^ ^'^^- Fragaria vesca, Linn. 



Ai'ea, general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Ross-shue. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 81. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrai'ian— Inferarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 650 yai-ds, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 40. 



Native. Sylvestral. I have taken a license here, which 

 is more freely allowed to poets than to scientific men; 

 namely, in imagining a general area, without absolute proof 

 by evidence. I do not find this common plant recorded as 

 a native of South Wales ; but its absence fi-om that pro- 

 vince appears so exceedingly unlikely, that I may be 

 excused in taking the fact for gi-anted or certified. Very 

 rare above the agiaiian region. Is the F. calycina or atro- 

 vu-ens (Lindl.) a vaiiety of this species ? Winch calls it 

 "the wood strawberry in a luxuriant state." 



/"// '^ff- / 4^^. 336. Fragaria elatior, Ehrh. 



Ai-ea (* 2 3 * 5 * 7 8 * 10 11 * 13). . ^A^ 

 Alien. Opinions differ respecting the civil claims of 

 this species. Hooker brands it with the alien's mark. 



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