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blossom or fruit, I failed to identify the shrub correctly, and it has 

 lately been cut down. It will, I trust, sprout again from the 

 bottom, and so enable some of our members to identify the plant. 

 I believe it to be Rhamnus catharticus. 



SAPiNDACEiE. Of these forest trees, the Common Sycamore, 

 Acer pseudo-platanus, alone claims notice. It appears to have 

 been greatly appreciated by the rude forefathers of our several 

 hamlets, almost every toft being sheltered by its umbrageous 

 branches. At Rattlebeck, in Glenridding, a splendid specimen 

 may be seen. 



Leguminifer^e. Of this most extensive family, we cannot 

 pretend to have more than a moderate share of species. Of Gorse, 

 or Whins, two species are of frequent occurrence. Three forms of 

 Broom are likewise found. The Common Rest-harrow appears at 

 rare intervals, in deep soils of dry sandy nature. Respecting the 

 next plant in the catalogue, Anthyllis vulneraria, I feel tempted to 

 ofifer a passing remark or two. Frequently as I have found it 

 growing in Cumberland within the last quarter of a century, it has 

 ever been in some locality — some railway-cutting or embankment 

 — some quarry ground — near some coal or iron-ore mine, &c., 

 where the surface has been disturbed to some depth ; and in 

 accord with my previous experience, I spied my old friend this 

 summer on the railway embankment by the viaduct on the Penrith 

 side of Redhills farm, where its sulphur-coloured blossoms appeared 

 in some quantity. I would gladly ascertain if the fact I have just 

 stated be in accordance with the experience ^of any plant-loving 

 members of the Penrith Scientific Society. Five or six Clovers 

 may be reckoned as indigenous with us, exclusive of two species of 

 Bird's-foot Trefoil ; and four Vetches, the least plentiful being 

 Vicia atigustifolia, which is found on a hedge bank in front of 

 Hurrock Wood, and Orobus tuberosus, which is to be found in most 

 of our meadows. The variously tinted purple flowers of this species 

 are exceedingly handsome. In the summer of 1878, a specimen 

 having a corolla entirely of creamy white was brought to me by a 

 friend ; it had been gathered by the road side near Spark et. 



