82 EPILOBIUM. RHODIOLA. 



and the late excellent Professor Graham* says : "Perfectly distinct 

 as the extremes of this and E. alpinum are, I picked specimens in 

 several parts of our route which I find it difficult to distinguish from 

 either." Edinb. New Phil. Journ. x. p. 374. — Professor Hooker ex- 

 presses a like opinion, Brit. Flora, edit. 4, p. 162 ; but Professor 

 Arnott appears to consider them as distinct species. Brit. Fl. p. 136. 



216. E. ALPINUM. " Near springs and rivulets on Cheviot hills," 

 Gough's Camden, iii. p. 525. — It is evident that E. alsinifolium is 

 here intended ; but Dr. F. Douglas picked specimens of what he be- 

 lieved to be the true E. alpinum in Dunsdale near the verj^ source of 

 the CoUedge. Subsequently, on a Club excursion, I gathered several 

 specimens in this locality, between which and specimens of the Scottish 

 E. alpinum I could detect no difference. 



217. CiRC.EA LUTETiANA. Shaded deans and woods, frequent. 

 B. On the east it is abundant in the Pease-dene ; and on the west in 

 Redpath dene, &c. July-Aug. 



218. HippURis VULGARIS, Stoke's Bot. Comment. i. 9. — Marshes 

 and sides of ponds, not common. B. In the pond below Belville farm 

 in the parish of Eccles, Rev. A. Baird. Lithtillum loch, and Fer- 

 neyrig marsh. Dr. R. D. Thomson. In mosses on Coldingham moor, 

 J. Hardy. On the muirs between Greenlaw and Gordon. — D. Lear- 

 mouth bog. Dr. F. Douglas. — Summer. 



219. Myriophyllum spicatum. In ponds and slow running 

 water, common. Aug. -Sept. 



220. Lythrum salicaria. In rough bogs, sides of marshes 

 and of ditches, not common, but distributed over the district. Aug. 

 A very beautiful plant, yet undistinguished by a name. 



221. Peplis portula. Watery places, uncommon. B. In a 

 ditch on the Tower-farm near Cockburnspath, Rev. A. Baird. Near 

 the head of Lemingtou dene ; Pease-dean, A. A. Carr. In a water- 

 course near Quixwood, J. Hardy. Ditch between Muirmontrig and 

 Stoneshiel, Dr. Hood. Langstruther bog, J. Hardy. Greenlaw 

 muir. 



222. MoNTiA FONTANA. Watery places ; spring-heads, and by 

 the sides of runlets on a gravelly soil, common. It loves moors, and 

 ascends the Cheviot nearly to the summit, where its greatly superior 

 size and luxuriance prove how well the alpine height suits its cha- 

 racter. See Fl. Berw. i. 32. 



223. Rhodiola rosea = Sedum Rhodiola. Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 

 275. — On the coast of Berwickshire in many places, but especially 

 abundant and luxuriant in Dulaw dean. N. Head of Henhole, Che- 

 viot, Dr. F. Douglas. June-July. — Often to be met with in gardens, 

 where it is sometimes called ^jnhall, for the leaves are applied to 

 recent juts of a slight nature. 



* For a short biographical notice of this frank, kind-hearted, honest and 

 genial professor see Ann. and Mag. N. Hist. xvii. p. 69; xix. p. 192. 



