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extent of the undulated gritstone country which lies to the south 

 of Richmond. Upon the Magnesian Limestone at Thornton 

 Watlass Actcea spicata grows. South of Bedale the affluents of 

 the river are small and the tract which it drains upon both sides 

 becomes much narrowed. About Carthorpe, Burneston and 

 Kirklington the soil is sandy and gravelly, containing in the 

 detritus over the New Red Sandstone a large admixture of 

 calcareous material brought from the dale cliffs. The following 

 are the more interesting plants of this neighbourhood : 



Turritis glabra 

 Alyssum calycinum 

 Arabis hirsuta 

 Helianthemiim vidgare 

 Viola hirta 



Hypericum AndroscBmtcm 

 Ornithopus perpusilliis 

 SpircBa Filipeitdula 

 Sambucus Ebidus 

 Picris hieracioides 

 Carduus eriophorns 

 Silybiun Marianum 

 Erigeron acris 

 Monotropa Hypopitys 

 Campanula gloinerata 

 Chlora perfoliata 

 OrobancJu mi?ior 



Marrubiiwi vulgare 

 Lithospermum officinale 

 Primula farinosa 

 Riwiex Hyd7'olapathum 

 Spiranthes autumnalis 

 Orchis pyramidalis 

 Ophrys apifera 

 Iris /(Ktidissim a 

 Alisma natans 

 Potamogeton plantagineus 

 Sparganiwn minimum 

 Schcznus nigricans 

 Carex axillaris 

 Calamagrostis Epigejos 

 Phleum prcRcox 

 Bromus erectus 

 Pilularia globulifera. 



In ditches about the Swale at Ainderby Steeple grow Cicuta 

 virosa and abundance of Ratmnculus Lingua. In the water 

 meadows of the Wiske, Hygrophilous plants abound, and Newby 

 Wiske Carr, a piece of boggy grassy ground intersected by 

 ditches, like one of the Cambridgeshire or Huntingdonshire fens 

 upon a small scale, is one of the best stations for them which 

 we have in North Yorkshire. The following are the rarer plants 

 of this carr and other places in the neighbourhood of Kirkby 

 Wiske : 



Ranunculus Lingua 

 nasturtium amphibium 



„ sylvestre 



Sinapis tenuifolia 



Cerastiiim aquaticum 

 Viola flavicornis 

 Hypericum Androscemum 

 Htppuris vulgaris 



