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S. asperrimum. Prickly comfrey. An escape from 

 cultivation ; found by the river side in Hackfall ; by 

 some of the roadsides near Sharow ; &c. 

 1025. Cynoglossum officinale. Hounds-tongue. Way- 

 sides and waste places. Boroughbridge district 

 (Lees, 1. c). Miss Plues considers it " common near 

 Bishopton " ! ' I can only say that I used to be at 

 Bishopton twice every day for two years and a half 

 and saw no traces of it. 



1028. Pinguicula vulgaris. Butterwort. Marshes, uncom- 



mon. Marfield, Masham. 



1029. P. grandiflora. Large-flowered butterwort. Has been 



introduced near Ripon, from Cornwall. If found by 

 any botanist during the next few years, it is hoped it 

 will not be taken, but left to multiply. 



1032. Utricularia vulgaris. Bladder wort. Ponds and 

 ditches, rare. Pond near Bull Close (Miss Morton) ; 

 ditches near Littlethorpe. 



1034. U. minor. Lesser bladder wort. Ponds and ditches, 

 rare. Wet ditches on Hutton Moor (Archdeacon 

 Pierson) ; Leckby Carr (Baines). Formerly at Stave- 

 ley Carrs (Baines), now drained. 



1036. Hottonia palustris. Waterviolet. Ponds and ditches, 



local. Several ponds near Ripon. 



1037. Primula vulgaris. Primrose. Woods and fields, 



plentiful, and would be more so, if selfish barbarians 

 would refrain from removing the roots by wholesale. 

 Hybrid varieties between this and the next species, 

 which are erroneously called "Oxlips," not uncommon 

 (See Baines in loc). The true Oxlip is confined to 

 Suffolk, Cambridge, and Essex. 



1038. P. officinalis. Cowslip. Fields and copses, plentiful. 

 1040. P. farlnosa. Bird's eye primrose. Wet pastures and 



bogs, common, considering that Ripon is about its 

 southernmost limit. Near Masham, in plenty ; 



