The geographical distribution of British plants. Part I. / [Hewett Cottrell Watson].
- Hewett Watson
- Date:
- 1843
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The geographical distribution of British plants. Part I. / [Hewett Cottrell Watson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Worcester. Swansea. Denbigh. Leicester. Derby. Richmond. T ees. Orkney. «/ Specimens. — Near Penzance, Cornwall — II. W. Millbrook, near Southampton — II. W. Between Frimley and Farnborough Station, Hants. — II. W. Near Stone Castle, Kent. — H. W. Thames Ditton, Surrey — II. W. Near Hampton Court, Middlesex—//. W. Nottingham¬ shire — Mr. T. H. Cooper. Edinburgh — II. W. Britain. — Latitude, 50—5 8 (or 61). Rather partial. Agrarian. Papayer Rhoeas is abundantly common through¬ out most of the English counties, and is frequent also in the South and East of Scotland. In the northern counties of Scotland, it is much less frequent, and probably not indigenous, though occasionally imported with seed corn. The Rev. G. Gordon writes of this species, “ It has little or no claim to be considered a north-country plant. I never saw but one specimen [in Moray], and it was a weed in a garden. Though most abundant about Edinburgh, yet rare about Glasgow.” On the other hand, it is marked as a plant of the Orkney Isles, in the lists by Dr. Gillies and the Rev. C. Clouston; and by Mr. Edmonston (pub¬ lishing at a very youthful age) it is said to be ((not com¬ mon in Shetland,” which at least implies that it is occa¬ sionally seen there. Under these conflicting observations, it is not easy to determine whether the vicinity of Aber¬ deen, or the isles of Shetland, should be regarded as the proper north limit of Papaver Rhoeas. It is omitted from one flora, that of Moray, and from six of the local cata¬ logues, namely, those of Settle, Man, Renfrew, Alvah, Ross, and Hebrides : the five latter of which, it should be observed, are probably quite incomplete lists for their re¬ spective districts. No localities have been ascertained for p](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29334433_0217.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
