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444. Eryngium maritimum, Linn. 



Aiea 1 2 3 4 * G 7^ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 * 18. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Forfarshire, Argyleshire. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 30. 



Latitude 50 — 57 and 61. British {}) type of distribution . 



Agi-arian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends almost to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends, on the coast level, to the North Isles. 



Range of mean animal temperature 52 — *?. v/'~. 

 ^ Native. Littoral. This species apparently finds its 



north lunil on the more southern coasts of the Highland 

 provdnces, but re-appears on the shores of Shetland ; a pe- 

 culiarity possibly connected with the high winter tempera- 

 tm'B of those isles. Nevertheless, the scarcity of the plant 

 on the coasts of Scotland, and its prevalence on those of 

 England, give much of the English type to its distribution ; 

 even though attaining to the high latitude of Shetland. 



^ f^^- /// Z A-^ 445. Eryngium campestre, Linn. 



Area (1 * * [4 * * * * 9 10] 11). 



Alien .? Still found near Plymouth, and on the banks of 

 the Tyne ; and the plants at these distant habitats appear 

 to belong to the same species ; but I have not seen the radi- 

 cal leaves of the Plymouth plant. Until recently, it gi'ew 

 also at Watling Street, by Brookhall, near Daventry ; where 

 the last specimens were collected in 1834, according to Mr. 

 Anderson. " Melling, in Yorkshii'e," has also been record- 

 ed as a locality for the same species ; though probably by 



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