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362 -24. ROSACE/E. 



Ascends to 1200 yards, in the West Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 50 — 35. 



Native. Pratal, &c. A scarce plant in the south-east 

 of England, and apparently so in the Peninsula : more 

 northward, and in the mountainous provinces, it becomes 

 frequent or common. Absent, or rare and overlooked, in 

 Shetland and the Hebrides. „ 



357. Alchemilla alpina, Linn. ^ ^^^^-/-^Z^ 



Area ^j. * * * * ^i^ ^^ ^ * 10 * 12 * * 15 16 17 18. 



South limit in Yorkshire and Westmoreland. 



North limit in the Hebrides and Sutherland. 



Estimate of provinces 6. Estimate of counties 15. 



Latitude 54 — 60. Highland type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Superagrarian — Superarctic zones. 



Descends to 150 yards, in the East Highlands. 



Ascends to 1400 yards, in the same province. 



Range of mean annual temperature 45 — 34. 



Native. Pascual and Rupestral. Abundant in many 

 tracts of the Highlands, both on the mountains and in the 

 valleys. It descends to a slight altitude, even in England, 

 in the immediate vicinity of high hills ; and it is usually 

 one of the first " alpine " plants met vrith, on approaching 

 the bases of the mountains, while passing inland from the 

 coasts of the Highland provinces. Dr. Dickie informs me 

 that it grows within 150 feet of the summit of Ben-muich- 

 dhu, and I have seen it above 1300 yards on Ben Lawers 

 and Ben Nevis. Occasionally carried down to the coast, 

 along the course of rivers in Scotland. 



