460 38. UMBELLIFER.E. 



Native. Glareal and Viatical. Apparently unknown in 

 the West of Scotland, and scarce in the eastern counties of 

 the Lowlands. As it giows in dry sunny places, the tem- 

 peratui'e of 47 may be a degree too low, although such 

 would be the general climate of some of its more northern 

 and inland localities. 



496. ScANDix Pecten, Linn. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 * 13 14 15 * 17 (18). 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Orkney, Ross-shire, about Glasgow. 



Estimate of pro\ances 17. Estimate of counties 75. 



Latitude 50 — 58. British type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. luferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperatm'e 52 — 46. 



Colonist. Agrestal. Frequent in the corn-fields of Eng- 

 land ; decreasing northward, and perhaps kept in the High- 

 land provinces only by importation with seed fi-om abroad, 

 or fi'om the more southern provinces. I possess a speci- 

 men among Dr. Gillies's Orkney plants, collected in a flax 

 field. In the Flora of Moray, it is marked as doubtfiilly 

 native, though plentifiil in one or two locaUties. In the 

 Flora Abredonensis, it is said to be rare. The name is 

 marked in Mr. Gordon's checked list of Ross plants. I 

 observed a plant or two in a field near Perth. In the 

 Edinburgh Society's Catalogue, marked " very common." 

 And according to Hopkirk it is common also about 

 Glasgow. 



