BY THE COQUET, IN 1855. 69 



one visiting the Upper Coquet carries with him his creel and 

 fishing tackle : the little opportunity afforded me by but four or 

 five days of rather indifferent weather convinced me, however, 

 that these might with advantage be laid aside now and then for 

 the vasculum and note-book. I believe there is abundant scope 

 for the Naturalist, on comparatively new ground too, about the 

 head waters and valleys of the Coquet, Alwine, and Reed. 



In addition to a list of the commoner species which were 

 met with on this excursion, given to my friend John Storey, the 

 occurrence of which, although almost ubiquitous some of them 

 may be, yet it is always interesting to note from as many points 

 as possible within the limits of our counties, I have thought it 

 worth while specially to record a few which we but seldom meet 

 with in the south of Northumberland, together with a few others 

 which are new to our comital Flora, and to which considerable 

 interest attaches. 



Barharea stricta ? Fries. A plant referable, with doubt, to 

 this species or form, was found near the Coquet, above 

 Rothbury. 

 Viola lutea, Linn. Hilly pastures, near Alwinton. 

 Polygala vulgaris, var. oxyptera, Reich. A Folygala having 

 remarkably broad capsules was found near Shildykes, 

 Alwinton. It probably may be considered as the above 

 variety. 

 Dianthus deltoides, Linn. Rocks, &c., near the Coquet above 



Alwinton, and near Flotterton. 

 Trifolium arvense, L. and 

 TrifoUum striatum, L. Growing together, near the Coquet, 



between Rothbury and Harbottle. 

 Rosa hibernica, var. 



It afforded me much pleasure to meet with a form of this 

 species near the village of Thropton, some three miles to the west 

 of Rothbury. Having collected this rose in the previous summer, 

 under the guidance of my friend Wilson Robinson, jun., in the 

 Lorton valley, Cumberland, I was enabled to refer it, with some 

 certainty, to the R. hibernica type. Submitting specimens to 

 "William Borrer, whose intimate acquaintance with the British 



