434 38. UMBELLIFER/E. 



Ascends to 150 yards, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 45. 



Native .? Viatical. The nativity of this plant is some- 

 what questionable, generally and plentifull}' as it is never- 

 theless now distributed. It was formerly in repute as a 

 medicinal herb, and most of its habitats, especially the 

 more northerly, are in the immediate vicinity of houses or 

 ecclesiastical buildings. Yet it is now so thoroughly esta- 

 blished, as an English (if not also as a Scottish) weed, that 

 the native designation appears to be more appropriate than 

 that of denizen. Dr. Neill observed it near Kirkwall, in 

 Orkney, where it may have been introduced. The Rev. 

 G. Gordon deems it a doubtful native in Moray. In the 

 Flora of Aberdeen it is admitted as an undisputed native, 

 and indicated to be " common " in that neighbourhood. 

 I have seen it in several spots near the south side of the 

 Highland provinces, as at Stirling, Lochearnhead, Killin, 

 and between Newtyle and Coupar ; but all of these sta- 

 tions may be considered suspicious when a suspected spe- 

 cies is under consideration. In Surrey, though still keep- 

 ing to the neighbourhood of houses, it has almost as much 

 of a native look as the Verbena officinalis or Urtica dioica. 



458. Carum Carui, Linn. /u. Z"^- /If' /..l^^^ 



Area {* 2 * 4 5 * * 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 * 17 18). 



Alien ? There can be no doubt that this is merely a 

 straggler from cultivation, in nearly all of the provinces in- 

 dicated above by their numerals. But in Lincolnshire 

 and Yorkshire, it would seem to have become perfectly 

 established; if not truly native there. Teesdale wrote, 

 " Meadows adjoining the Humber, near Hull, so plenti- 



