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Ranunculus drouettii and R. baudotii, forms of the Water Crowfoot, 

 occur in the river Ellen, and in the stream that joins the Solway at 

 Dubmill. R. hederaceus is found in most pools with a muddy 

 bottom; our Maryport friends may find good examples in the brook 

 just beyond Bank End. R. sceleratus is one of the rarest of the 

 family ; I have gathered this plant in the ditch by the roadside 

 about a furlong west of Dubmill. R.flammula everywhere abounds 

 in moist places from sea-level up to an altitude of 2000 feet. 

 R. lingua is found in the "soughs" in the inland meadows a httle 

 to the south of Oldkiln farm, near Dubmill ; this, the largest plant 

 of the order, is rarely met with in Cumberland ; other stations are, 

 a brook by M. and C. Railway, near Curthwaite Station, on the 

 north side of the line, towards Dalston ; and the Moss at Newton 

 Regny, near Penrith. R. acris is abundant, as are also the next 

 two species, R. repens and R. bulbosus. R. hirsiitus, on the 

 contrary, is very rare ; I find stray specimens sometimes by the 

 roadside from the North Lodge, AUonby, travelling toward Dub- 

 mill. R.Jicariais known to almost everyone. Caliha palustris, 

 in moist situations, more frequently met with inland than on the 

 shore. Trollius europaus; impoverished specimens of this plant, 

 which is generally a denizen of upland meadows and woodlands, 

 are found sparingly in meadows near the beach. 



'^xyivYus.KZ-E.iE.—Nuphar lutea, in a "sough" on the Oldkiln 

 farm, Dubmill, near Allonby. 



V AP A\ZRA.CE.M.—Fapaver dubium; of common occurrence about 

 rubbish heaps and the edges of railway embankments. P. argemone; 

 less common than the last, and altogether smaller and less con- 

 spicuous ; dry gravelly places are its fa-.'ourite stations. Glaucium 

 luteum ; old botanical lists mark this plant as found on Flimby 

 beach, where it no longer grows ; I found a fine specimen behind 

 the slag mounds at the mouth of the Derwent in August, 1885, 

 and this year a number of plants may be seen at the same station. 



FuMARiACE^.— i^//»zar/fl confiisa may be seen close to Maryport; 

 it grows on a hedgebank by the footpath along the railway between 

 the turnpike bridge and the old reservoir. F. officinalis, a frequent 



