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Rubus saxatilis. 

 Saxifraga hypnoides. 

 Circsea alpina. 

 Crepis paludosa. 



Arenaria vema. 

 Vicia Orobus. 



Orobanche rubra. 



Seottish- Highland. 



Lobelia Dortmanna. 

 Empetrum nigrum. 

 Salix phylicifolia. 

 Listera cordata. 



Scottish- Intermediate. 



Saxifraga Hirculus. 

 Potamogetou prselongus. 



Scottish- A tlantic. 



Eriocaulon septangulare. 



This is a purely native group ; not one of them is under any 

 suspicion of introduction. Most of them are plants of thoroughly 

 wild ground — hills, heaths, glens, lakes, and bogs. 



The maximum in any division is 43 (or 86 per cent.) in Antrim, the 

 minimum 5 (or 10 per cent.) in East Cork. Constructing our map we 

 get the following : — 



Fig. 2. — Distribution of "Scottish" plants. 



The result is striking. The Scottish type plants are concentrated 

 in the north, as we should expect. Thence they range down the coast 

 on either side : but while on the east they greatly diminish south of 



