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recall that of the well known vale of Lorton ; and the proha-- 

 bility is, that it will eventually be found sparingly scattered 

 through that district. 



Sedum villosum, L. Near Alwinton. 



Galium 2^usilliim, L. In tolerable abundance at one spot 

 near the Coquet, between Kothbury and Harbottle. 



Crepis succisoefolia, Tausch. Thickets near Rothbury and 

 Alwinton. 



Mieracium. Among one or two other interesting forms were 

 specimens (or at least one example) which my friend, J. 

 Backhouse, jun., of York, thinks may be, perhaps, the 

 lost H. oreades of Fries. I have not heard from him the 

 result of a further examination which he was about to 

 bestow on it. He is at present engaged in the preparation 

 of a Monograph of our British Hawk-weeds ; and should 

 our plant prove to be the above, it will form an interesting 

 addition to it.* 



Filago minima, Fr. Near Kothbury. It seems strange that 

 Winch, in his "Flora," did not indicate any particular 

 station for this species in Northumberland or Durham, 

 merely stating with respect to it — *'in barren, sandy 

 places, not rare." It never occurred to me near Newcastle. 



Polemonium cceruleum, L. Declivity above the Coquet, near 

 Shildykes, Alwinton. One of the most interesting plants 

 met with on this excursion. Hitherto observed in a wild 

 state in, I think, but some three counties of England, 

 Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Westmorland. (Watson's 

 Cybele.) It is frequently enough to be found by cottage 

 gardens, as an undoubted outcast or straggler, but here 

 we may rest satisfied as to its being truly indigenous. 

 I can only guess the altitude of its station above the sea 

 level ; perhaps 600 feet may be an approximation. 



Melampyritm 2:)raiense, L. var. onoiitanum. By Simonside. T 

 have already had occasion to allude more than once to 

 the occurrence of forms of Melamijyrum, evidently con- 



* I believe that J. B. now considers this plant to be a form of H. vulgalum, 

 although diverse from that usually occuri-ing. 



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