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petals, being sometimes white, sometimes delicate rosy-pink, and 

 sometimes bright blue. 



The CARYOPHYLLACEiE is a somewhat extensive group, which 

 has many species of frequent occurrence. Sap07iaria officifialis, 

 old writers say, grew in their time at Akebeck Bridge, near Pooley, 

 and also near Howtown. I have examined both stations without 

 success. Silene injiata, at th e top of SI apeston es. Stellaria nemorum, 

 uncommon in many parts of Cumberland, is fairly plentiful. 

 It is found by many brooklets in Watermillock ; and in the summer 

 of 1878, I noticed it growing far up in the mountain ravine 

 at the head of Fusedale, in Martindale. Its congener, the Common 

 Chickweed, is one of the most formidable pests of what Httle 

 agriculture remains to us. Sagina apdala is not unusual by road 

 sides and at the edges of cultivated ground, though far less plentiful 

 than 5. procumbens. For the benefit of Penrith folk again, I may 

 state that the former species may be found by the side of the 

 highway going towards Carlton, on the left hand. 



Of the iLLECEBRACEiE, Only a single species is found among us, 

 and that but very rarely. This is Scleranthus animus, sometimes 

 met with at the edges of cornfields. In the West of Cumberland, 

 where this plant is more frequent, it seems to prefer soils of an 

 argillaceous nature. 



Of the PoRTULACE^ we possess only one species, Montia 

 fontana, the brilliant green chickweed-like foliage of which may be 

 seen in almost every mountain spring or "well eye." 



HvPERiCACEiE. Inasmuch as many members of this genus 

 affect sub-alpine regions, our district produces more than an average 

 quota. Hypericum androsmmmn is found only in some old-fashioned 

 gardens as an ornamental shrub, and cannot fairly be regarded as 

 indigenous. H. tretrapterum loves moisture, and is frequently 

 found where its roots are always submerged. Very fine specimens 

 occur in rills on the pastures above Glencoin farm, on the Cum- 

 berland side of the brook which here forms the boundary line 

 between Cumberland and Westmorland. H. htimifustim, the least 

 member of the family, is of common occurrence on dry banks, 



