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as the preceding, but sufficiently common ; both species are in use 
by cottagers in the preparation of “nettle broth,” in early spring, 
when “pot greens” are scarce. 
AMENTIFERA, 
Passing over the Oak, Chestnut, Beech, Alder and Poplar as 
timber trees, and hardly within the scope of the present inquiry, I 
may just mention that JZyrica gale is found close to sea level at 
Salta Moss, Dubmill, and also on Bowness Moss; at the latter 
station in great abundance. Coming to the Willows, which are 
well represented in West Cumberland, I may particularise the 
following as occurring close to the shore: Salix pentandra, S. pur- 
purea, S. rubra, S. viminalis, S. smithiana, S. cinerea, S. aurita, 
S. caprea, S. nigricans, var. andersoniana, S. repens, with vars. fusca 
and argentea. 
TYPHACEA. 
Sparganium ramosum and S. simplex, two species of the Bur- 
Reed, may be seen side by side in the Old Reservoir at Maryport, 
and in boggy ditches or ‘‘soughs” between Allonby and Edderside. 
LEMNACE. 
Lemna minor; this diminutive plant is common here, as else- 
where, on the surface of stagnant pools or sluggish streams, 
associated frequently with Watercress, Starwort, Brooklime, &c. 
NAIADACES. 
Potamogeton natans is found plentifully in a long narrow pool 
forming a miniature 4aff, where a brooklet discharges its waters 
into the Solway Firth near Bank End, Maryport, and which has 
been already referred to. PP. rufescens, quite a rare species, growing 
in the dam at Dubmill, and found also in the brook at intervals 
up to Dubstangs, JP. crispus, in the Old Reservoir at Maryport, 
and higher up the river Ellen. PP. pusid/us, with the preceding, 
also at Bank End and Dubmill. Zannichellia palustris, in Old 
Ellen, near the Railway Sheds at Maryport Goods Station, and 
further up the course of the river. 
