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the garden; but in Dunlass dene, where it was noticed by Dr. Parsons 

 previous to 1 7 72, it looks Uke a native denizen, grovdng intermingled 

 with Cardamine amara. Lychnis dioica, &c. B. On the road-side at 

 Mordington church. Roadside between the village of Reston and 

 Reston-Mains ; and on the bank at the head of the " Valley-brae " 

 as you go from Reston to Coldingham, G. Henderson. At Belville 

 and Hassington in Eccles parish ; and on hills to the north of Hume- 

 Castle, Dr. R. D. Thomson. Very fine on the Preston road near 

 Dunse. May, June. 



388. Lycopsis arvensis. JSugloiSsi. — Corn-fields, frequent. 

 June, July. 



389. Symphytum officinale. Comfrcp. — Unfrequent. B. 

 Side of the Whiteadder about half a mile from its mouth, with 

 purple flowers, — a variety which constitutes the S. patens of Sibthorp 

 and Abbot, Fl. Bedford, p. 42. Dunglass dean. Rev. A. Baird. 

 Banks of the Blackadder near Kyloe, and on the banks of a streamlet 

 near Ramrig. Post-road near Purvis-Hall, Miss A. Hunter. D. In 

 a plantation at Low-linn, sparingly, H. Gregson. June. 



390. S. TUBEROSUM. Side of the "Whiteadder half-way between 

 its mouth and the bridge ; near Hutton-hall mill ; and near White- 

 hall. Westruther. June. 



39 1 . AsPERUGO PROCUMBENS. Madwort. — Ray found this plant 

 "in the Holy-Island," where it was re-discovered by Mr. G. R. Tate 

 in July 1850. It still loiters amongst rubbish at Bamburgh Castle, 

 whence specimens have been sent by Miss Nivison, R. C. Embleton 

 and G. R. Tate. July. 



"This first king of the Northumbrians (Ida) built the castle of 

 Bamborough on the sea-coast over against Fern Island, in a situation 

 very strong and conspicuous ; and in honour of Bibba, his queen, 

 gave it the name of Bibbanburgh, which, in progress of time, was 

 afterwards contracted into the name it now bears." Ridpath's Bord. 

 Hist. p. 15. — The reader may follow the history of this "royal 

 city," as Bede tells us it was, in Surtees's noble History of Durham ; 

 and he will find shorter, but interesting notices of it, in Pennant's 

 Tour in Scotland of 1769, and the Quart. Review, xxxix. p. 398. — 



33. Solanum nigrum. — In 1832 Dr.R. Dunlop found numerous specimens 

 on the ballast behind our Pier; but, in 1834, one specimen only could be 

 got there, and the plant has since disappeared. Introduced with seeds into 

 the garden at Foulden-house, it has become a weed, and as such I saw it 

 there in 1847. 



34. Datura sti'amonium. Stramonium. — A plant occasionally strays 

 from the garden to waste ground near it, blooms a year, and (hsappears. It 

 is a native of the East Indies, and owes its present wide distribution through- 

 out Europe to the Gipsies, who used the seeds medicinally. Willdenow, 

 Priac. of Botany, p. 419. 



35. Atropa belladonna. Deadly Nightshade. — There is a specimen in 

 Mr. Carr's herbarium, gathered on the " side of a stream above HornclifFe. 

 July 1829." 



