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" in terrestrial things there is not one 



But takes its form and nature from our fancy, 

 Not its own being, but is what we think it." 



457. P. VERis. Leighton in Ann. and Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 2, ii. 

 165.— Colu^lip: Coo^ltp. 



" On her left breast 

 A mole cinque-spotted, like the crimson drops 

 I' the bottom of a Cowslip." — Shakspere. 



Grassy banks and deans, frequent. B. It is a hurtful weed, yet 

 we could almost hope a permanent one, on the lawn before Spittal- 

 House, in the parish of Hutton ; and abounds in a small plantation 

 a little to the south of that village. — Cowslip wine is made in some 

 parts of Berwickshire, but the practice is nearly obsolete. May. 



458. Glaux maritima. B. Sides of the Eye near its mouth, Mr. 

 Duncan. — B. and D. Sides of the Tweed within the influence of the 

 tide, and in spots that are occasionally overflowed. — D. Sea-shore to 

 the southward ; very abundant in some localities, as at Goswick and 

 on Holy Island. May-July. 



459. Trientalis europ^a. Berw. Fl. ii. 279. — B. "About 

 ten years ago there was a station for this elegant plant on Penman- 

 shiel moor, but it has been ploughed up. It still grows in a bog on 

 the adjacent moor. About two years ago I found a small patch of it 

 on Coldingham moor, between Oldcambus moss and the Drone moss. 

 This year I have found it in a very large patch, and scattered in 

 another place, under fir-trees in Blackburn-rigg wood. It also occurs 

 on the boggy moor adjacent to the wood." J. Hardy. In the planta- 

 tion south of the Press, G. Henderson. — N. On Hepburn-hill, Rawse 

 Castle, and in Chillingham park : on Hedgehope, about half-way to 

 the summit. In a plantation, and on the moor near Twizell-house. 

 June. 



460. Lysimachia vulgaris. Very rare. B. In the Sowmire 

 near Swinton, Dr. W. Baird. It has probably been extirpated. 



26. L. nummularia. Rare. B, Banks of the Tweed at Milne-Gra- 

 den, sparingly, Dr. F. Douglas. In the plantation above Newwater- 

 haugh. 



461. L. NEMORUM. Loose-strife. In watery places in deans, a 

 pretty creeper ; in alder holts, and in boggy ground on moors. June- 

 Sept. A good plant for rock -work. 



462. Anagallis arvensis. f^tmpcl•nfl. Corn-fields, on a light 

 soil, common. Very profuse in Holy Island. July-Sept. — I have 

 gathered this plant with a stem fully 3 feet long, hexangular, and 

 with 3 leaves and 3 flowers in every whorl. — " Plants usually expand 

 their flowers well and perfectly on fine days, but many sorts close 

 their petals against the coming of rain ; hence we may often judge 



39. Centunculus minimus. In his account of Eccles, Dr. R. D. Thomson 

 mentions this as having been gathered on Mayfield moor, Stat. Ace. Ber- 

 wicks. p. 54 ; but Dr. Thomson has since told me that the plant was intro- 

 duced on eiToneous information. 



