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flowers died, The variety with reddish flowers is scarce, but have 
been met with in the meadows both at Whitehaven and at 
Egremont. 
Some plants which are considered by the compilers of the 
London Catalogue to be naturalized plants only, seem to have a 
native character in West Cumberland. Amongst these may be 
mentioned the pretty little climbing plant, Zzzaria cymbalaria, 
which is abundant on old walls, bridges, and old buildings near to 
water throughout the district, apparently growing in the most 
spontaneous manner. 
Another plant belonging the large order UMBELLIFER& which is 
called a denizen or naturalized plant by Mr. Watson, has also the 
appearance of being in this district native to the soil. The plant 
referred to is the well known Sweet Bracken, AZyrrhis odorata, which 
is found so generally distributed as to merit the name of native. 
Twenty-seven species of this order have been found in the district, 
amongst the most common of which are the poisonous @nanthe 
crocata. This plant is very frequent in watery places. 
Hemlock and Fool’s Parsley are also common. The Gout weed 
A: gopodium is found in waste places near houses, having been used 
in old times as a culinary herb. There is an absence of yellow- 
flowered umbels in the district, the only exception noted so far is 
a small patch of Si/aus pratensis, Pepper Saxifrage, which grows at 
Pardshaw. 
The order Composit is largely represented in the district, the 
railway slopes contributing very largely to the fifty-eight species 
catalogued by the members of the section. This number it is 
expected will be largely added to hereafter. 
Crepis biennis and C. paludosa have both been found by Mr. 
William Nixon. Burdock is a common plant on waste ground. 
Senecio viscosus grows at Cleator Moor, and Senecio saracenicus at 
Howgate, Moresby, not far from the Roman Station, and is 
supposed to be a relic of Roman occupation. 
Aster tripolium grows near Egremont; Centaurea scabiosa between 
Woodend and Egremont ; Centaurea Cyanus by the banks of the 
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