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provinces, may be enumerated Sulix herbacea, Silene acaulis, 
Saxifraga stellaris, Oxyria reniformis, Thalictrum alpinum, Luzula 
spicata, Juncus triglumis, Rubus Chamemorus, Draba incana, 
Dryas octopetala, and Alchemilla alpina. 
5. The Germanie Type.— The distribution of several species 
which might otherwise be associated with those of the English 
type, is peculiarly characterised by a tendency to the eastern side 
of the island. Some few of these are quite restricted to the south- 
eastern provinces of England,—Channel, Thames, Ouse, one or 
more; while others of them extend farther northward or west- 
ward, yet decidedly diminishing in abundance in either direction. 
«As the cretaceous deposits lie almost exclusively in the eastern 
and south-eastern provinces of England, the ‘chalk plants” are 
included with the others referred to the present type; although 
the type itself is primarily founded upon botanico-geographical 
peculiarities, and not upon any geological character or preference. 
Some of the eastern species extend their area even into Scotland : 
but, for the most part, they are the plants of England only. The 
name of ‘Germanic’ type is not applied in reference to any sup- 
posed origin from Germany, but simply as indicating the tendeucy 
of the plants to a distribution specially connected with those 
provinces of England which are bounded by the ‘ German Sea’ 
(otherwise called ‘ North Sea’) eastward, including the Straits of 
Dover and upper part of the English Channel; for the species of 
this present type, and those of the next (Atlantic) type, more or 
less intermingle in the counties of the English Channel. Among 
the examples of the type may be mentioned the following ; namely, 
Frankenia levis, Anemone Pulsatilla, Reseda lutea, Silene conica, 
Silene noctifiora, Pimpinella magna, Pulicaria vulyaris, Lactuca 
Scariola, Atriplex pedunculata, dceras anthropophora, and Spar- 
tina stricta. 
6. The Atlantic Type.*- Contrary to the peculiarity of distri- 
bution which constitutes the preceding type, there is in that of 
other species an evident tendency towards the western and south- 
western coasts or counties. Some few species are known only in 
the single province of the Peninsula. Others occur also in one or 
