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*Lactuca virosa L. Waste ground near the Wyre estuary, Fleet- 

 wood, Wh. 



-''Trientalis europcca L. In great abundance on both sides of 

 Black Clough, Marsha w Fell, Wyresdale, June, 1900. It was 

 growing under thickets of deep bracken for a distance of about five 

 hundred yards, at an elevation of from 750 to 1050 ft., Wi. This 

 plant is singularly rare in the north of England on the west side of 

 the Pennine range of hills. 



'''Centimculus minimus L. Arkholme Moor, alt. 300-860 ft., 

 Aug. 1900, Wi. 



Erythraa littoralis Fr. Near Middleton, Wi. 



iSymphytum officinale L. Near Wennington, May, 1899, Wi. ; 

 and south bank of the Lune, Caton, Wh. The pale-flowered form. 



-'' Lithospenmim arvense L. Between Silverdale and Carnforth, 

 Oct. 1900, Wh. 



j-'Linaria viscida Moench. By the railway near Leek, Mr. L. 

 Petty ; and in a similar situation at Longridge, Wh. On shingle by 

 the Lune near Melling, Wi. 



'^LimoseUa aquatica L. By the margins of brackish pools on 

 Overton Marsh, Aug. 1900, Wi. 



Veronica polita Fr. Garden weed at Caton, Wh. 

 Euphrasia nemorosa H. Mart. Lancaster Moor, and many other 

 localities. Our commonest form. — -'E. borealis Towns. Lower 

 Salter, and roadside banks at the foot of Catshaw Greave. — 

 -'E. curta Fr. var. glahrescens Wettst. Coast-banks near Little 

 Bispham, July, 1900, Wh. Examples were sent to Mr. Townsend 

 as E. curta, but he thought them better placed under this variety, 

 and kindly sent us specimens, with which ours undoubtedly agree. 



"^ Scutellaria vmior Huds. Whittington Moor and Arkholme Moor, 

 Aug. 1900, in the latter station growing with Radiola linoides and 

 Centunculus minimus, Wi. 



\Lamium maculatum L. Knott End and Alston, Wh. — *L. am- 

 plexicaule L. Near Lytham, Oct. 1900, Wh. 



\^^ Amaranthus Blitum L. On ballast in Preston Dockyard, and 

 with it a few specimens of -^Ambrosia tri/lda, Wh. 



j^'Chenopodium JicifoUuni Sm. Ballast-heaps not far from the 

 railway embankment outside the Wyre Docks, Fleetwood, with 

 C. ruhrum L. and (7. murale L., Aug. 1900, Wh. 



"^^Atriplex Bahingtonii var. virescens Lange. Sparingly amongst 

 shingle in the Lune and Wyre estuaries, Wh. 



■^^Suceda maritima Dum. var. procumbens Syme. Saltmarsh, to the 

 south of Glasson Dock, Wh. 



Salix phylicifolia L. Near Marshaw, Wyresdale, Wi. 

 Listera cordata Br. Moor above Gavell's Clough, head of 

 Wyresdale, Wi. 



Juncus diffusus Hoppe {J. effusus X ylaucus). In some quantity 

 between Grimsargh and Alston, Wh. 



'■'^Lemna polyrrhiza L. In the canal between Galgate and Glasson, 

 Sept. 1900, Wh. 



*Eleocharis multicaulis Sm. Boggy ground in Thornley Quarry 

 (limestone), near Chipping, July, 1900, Wi. 



