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is prevalent on most moory ground ; especially abundant on the 

 Mali Fells. 



EuPHORBiACEiE. Euphorbia helioscopia, vulgo "Wart Gers," so 

 called because its acrid yellow juice is believed to be effective in 

 removing warts from the hands. This, as well as H. peplus, has 

 become almost extinct with the abandonment of tillage ; and both 

 are now seldom seen except as garden weeds. 



Urticace^. Urtica dioica : on rubbish heaps and cultivated 

 ground almost everywhere. U. uretis : about Thackthwaite and 

 Sparket Mill, in Watermillock ; near Pooley Bridge, &c. Humulus 

 lupulus, the Hop. Wherever this traihng shrub occurs, it has 

 clearly been introduced. At the old mansion house of Water- 

 millock fine examples may be seen. Of the two British species 

 of Elm, splendid types occur in the park at Dalemain. 



Of the Amentifer^, fine specimens of the Oak are met with at 

 Gowbarrow ; and many, I have no doubt, will remember the pair 

 of grand Chestnut trees that grace the bank of the Eamont a little 

 above Dalemain. The Hazel, the Birch, and the Alder all are too 

 familiar to require comment. Myrica gale : grows in a meadow 

 at Hurrock Wood. Populus tremula : grows plentifully near 

 Soulby. Of the Willows, Salix pentandra is found pretty generally 

 distributed over the district, both male and female specimens being 

 met with, the former preponderating. S. fragilis : some huge 

 members of this family may be seen between Dacre Castle and 

 Dalemain, mostly I believe females. It is characteristic of this 

 tree that the branches spring from the trunk in a peculiarly irregular 

 twisted fashion. S. alba : fine trees of this species near Baldhow. 

 Salix triandra : by the River Eamont. & purpurea : by Goldrill 

 Beck, near its mouth ; by the boat-shed near Skelly Neb, &c. 

 S. viminalis : by Thackthwaite Beck, in Watermillock. S. acuminata : 

 by no means common, and never attaining the size which it reaches 

 in the lower parts of the county. I do not remember ever meeting 

 with male catkins of this species. S. cinerea : the most abundant 

 species in the district. Trees often dwarfed and bushy, especially 

 on the shores of the lake. Often found in moist woods and hedge- 



