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within the boundary of my district. The following are the most 

 remarkable. Mentha rotundifolia : this, like the Tooth-wort, is of 

 very rare occurrence in Cumberland, and, like all the mint family, is a 

 late-flowering plant. By the lake shore from Floshgate downwards: 

 plentiful. Mentha piperita : scarce, like the former ; but occurring 

 by the road side below the Cove farm, Watermillock ; also in a 

 brook that empties into the Eamont, near Pooley Mill. Origanum 

 vulgare : another unusual plant, which, though a little beyond my 

 limits, I notice here as occurring near the top of Slapestones brow, 

 and also by the road-side leading thence to Stainton. Nepeta 

 cataria : the existence of this plant in a wild state in the county 

 has not been noticed by any previous observer, so far as my 

 information extends ; and I hardly dare venture to disclose its 

 habitat. Scutellaria galericulata : this plant, which is of common 

 occurrence on the shores of many of our lakes — notably Bassen- 

 thwaite and Derwentwater — appears sparingly near the boat-shed 

 at Water-foot, and in greater plenty by the River Eamont, not far 

 from the old eelstank below Pooley Bridge. 



BoRAGiNACE^. Myosotis ccespitosa : this type of Forget-me-not, 

 which is smaller in all its parts than M. palustris, appears in most 

 of the fell-side water-courses. Several other species are met with 

 in different places within the district. Borago officinalis: this 

 plant is a reputed alien, which has become naturalised. It occurs 

 by the road side near Floshgate, and about Watermillock ; probably 

 in other places, but always as a waif of cultivation. The Common 

 Comfrey appears only in gardens or in orchards. Cynoglossum 

 omphalodes : an excluded member of the family now under notice, 

 grows abundantly in the shrubbery about Hallsteads mansion. 



PiNGUicULACEiE. Piuguicula vulgaris : is abundant in nearly 

 all our mountain springs. One would expect also to find some of 

 the curious Bladder-worts in still pools in the valleys, but I have 

 not been able to detect their presence there. 



Primulace*. Well represented here by the Common Primrose 

 and the Cowslip. Primula farinosa: in the up. 'nd meadows and 

 pastures all round the lake ; in boggy places this very pretty flower 



