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 BOTANY says it grows in every county — meaning generally in a very large pre- ponderance of counties — I have marked as ' In all counties.' If counties are named and the above three divisions are mentioned I have indexed such a flower accordingly.^ The number of species mentioned, inclusive of grasses, ferns, and horse-tails, is 1,428, and from his lists I extract the following facts : — In all counties number of species is Northamptonshire, South Lincolnshire, and Rutland Northamptonshire and Rutland South Lincolnshire and Rutland Northamptonshire and South Lincolnshire Rutland ....... South Lincolnshire ..... Northamptonshire ...... 295 + 69 = 364 198 142 29 1 1 128 43 37 Here it will be perceived that the heading ' in all counties ' embraces 295 4. 69 species. The reason for separating the 69 species from the rest is this : — ' In all counties,' as I have mentioned above, includes cases where flowers appear in a very great preponderance of counties. In 69 of these cases one of our counties is excepted. The excep- tions are : — Not in Rutland, but in Northamptonshire and South Lincolnshire Not in South Lincolnshire, but in Northamptonshire and Rutland Not in Northamptonshire, but in South Lincolnshire and Rutland This leaves for Leicestershire with Rutland — (leaving out the two in Northamptonshire and South Lincolnshire) South Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland,. . South Lincolnshire and Rutland ....... Northamptonshire and Rutland ....... Rutland 2 48 19 69 362 198 29 142 128 859 Some very curious particular facts come out as follows : — I. The flora of South Lincolnshire is separated from that of the other three counties not only in kind but in number of species. This is evident by comparing (above) South Lincolnshire and Rutland (29), and South Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (11), with North- amptonshire and Rutland (142). If we proceed with the other counties, as we have done in the case of Leicestershire (with Rutland), we get — Number of species in Northamptonshire Number of species in South Lincolnshire 733 597' 2. Considering the genus Rubus alone we get some remarkable results. ' In most cases where Mr. Watson includes a county, though with an expression of doubt, I have also included it in my enumeration. ' Lincolnshire is rich in its flora. The enumerations above are only concerned with South Lincolnshire. 21
 * In all counties' ....... 295 -|- 67 =