Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, fyc. 



201. PYEUS. 



] P. communis. Wild Pear-tree, Iron Pear. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 301 ; Eng. Bot. 1784; With. iii. 



607. 

 In hedges near Cocken, D.— W. Weighell's Herb. 

 Probably not truly indigenous. 



2. P. Mains. Wild Apple-tree, Crab-tree. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 362 ; Eng. Bot. 179 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 151 ; Berwick Flora, 110. 

 In woods, denes, and hedges, common. 



3. P. aucuparia. Mountain Ash, Quicken-tree. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 364 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 151 ; Ber- 

 wick Flora, 110; Sorbus aucuparia, Eng. Bot. 

 337 ; With. iii. 604. 



In woods and plantations, common. Near the High 

 Force, and Winch Bridge in Teesdale, D. ; and at 

 the foot of Cheviot. N. Certainly wild. 



4. P. Aria. White Beam-tree, White Wild Pear- 



tree. *■ 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 365; Eng. Bot. 1858; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 110; Crataegus Aria, With. iii. 602. 



,3 P. pinnatifida, Sin! Eng. Fl. ii. 305 ; Eng. Bot. 

 2331 ; P. hybrida, Fl. Brit. 534. 



a In Castle Eden Dene, on rocks of Magnesian Lime- 

 stone, and near Winch Bridge, Teesdale, on En- 

 crinal Limestone and Basalt, D. fi in plantations. 



A variety usually raised by cultivation, and called the 

 Bastard Mountain Ash. 



202. SPIR^A. 



1. S. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Spirrea. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 367 ; Eng. Bot. 1468; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 152; With. iii. 009. 

 Naturalized in woods at Wallington, and by Roadley 



Lake, N. In Gibside woods near the Chapel, D. ; 



but not indigenous as Dr. Smith was erroneously 



informed. — See Eng. Fl. ii. p. 369. 



2. S. FHipcndula. Common Dropwort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 308 ; Eng. Bot. 234 ; W r ith. iii. 



010; "Hook. Fl. Scot. 152. 

 At Baydales, and Conniscliffe near Darlington, and in 



Byer's Quarry field near Whitburn, D. In Crag 



Ciose near Barwesford, N. 

 This plant flourishes both on the Magnesian and En- 



crinal Limestone. 



3. S. Ulmaria. Meadow-sweet. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 308 ; Eng. Bot. 900 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 152; Curt. Lond.^Fasc. v. t. 33; Berwick- 

 Flora, 110. 



On the banks of rivers and in moist meadows, fre- 

 quent. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



203. BOSA. 

 1. R. rubella. Red-fruited Dwarf Rose. 



Fruit oval, somewhat bristly. Flower stalks, 

 bristly. Stem spreading, clothed with straight 

 slender spines. Leaflets elliptical, smooth, singly 

 serrated. Segments of the calyx entire. 

 Eng. Bot. 2521 and 2001, Fruit f. 3; With. iii. 

 613 ; Sm. Com. 78 ; Woods, Linn. Trans, 

 xii. 177; Lindlev, Mon. 40 ; Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 

 374 ; Winch, Geog. PI. 2nd ed., No. 1, App. ; 

 Hook. Br. Fl. 225. 

 Flowers white tinged with pink. Fruit, when 



ripe, pear-shaped, scarlet, and pendant. Calyx 

 permanent. 

 On the sands of the sea coast near South Shields, D. , 

 mixed with the dwarf variety of the Burnet Rose, 



rare July 17, 1797. 



This shrub appears a link between Rosa spinosissima 

 and Rosa alpina; the latter of which it greatly re- 

 sembles in habit. It is not Rosa pimpinellifolia of 

 the Swiss Botanists, as Mr. Woods conjectures ; 

 for, by a specimen procured from Schleicher, that 

 plant appears to be Rosa spinosissima. Nor is it 

 Rosa spinosissima, var. 3, of Withering, as I am as- 

 sured by that gentleman. 

 . R. spinosissima. Burnet Rose. 

 Fruit globose, smooth as well as the flower stalks. 

 Stem clothed with numerous straight slender 

 spines. Leaflets singly serrated, smooth and 

 round. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 187; With. iii. 612; Winch, Geog. 

 PL, 2nd ed., No. 2, App. ; Berwick Flora, 111; 

 Hook. Br. FL 226 ; Fl. Scot. 154 ; Gr. FL Eds. 

 Ill ; Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. 178; Fl. Brit. 

 ii. 537; Lindley Mon. 50; Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 

 375 ; R. pimpinellifolia, Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th 

 ed., 1062 ; Schleicher's Catalogue, 24. 

 Flowers yellowish white. Fruit first reddish 

 brown, as coloured in English Botany, and then 

 turning black. Calyx permanent. 

 y pusilla, Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. 179 ; Sm. Eng. 



Fl. ii. 376. 

 Flower stalks short. Fruit large, depressed. 

 The Burnet Rose isa shrub of a very diminutive growth 

 on the sea beach (var. y), but rises to a tall bush in 

 woods and hedges distant from the coast. It is not 

 very common, but occasionally to be found even in 

 our sub-alpine vallies ; and in the woods borderirig 

 the Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. It 

 may be met with about Newcastle, Corbridge, the 

 Crag Lake, and on the coast at Holy Island, N. 

 At Hebburn Quay, on the links near South Shields, 

 at Norton ; also in Weardale and Teesdale, D. 

 3. R. gracilis. Tall Bristly Rose. 



Flower stalks bristly, generally bracteated. Bran- 

 ches, fruit and calyx bristly. Leaflets doubly 

 serrated, hairy on both sides. 

 Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. 186; Sm. Eng. FL 

 ii. 379 ; Winch, Geog. PL, 2nd ed., No. 4, App. ; 

 R. ■oiOosa, Eng. Bot. t. 583. 

 /3 R. Sabini, Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. 188 ; Sm. 

 Eng. Fl. ii. 380 ; Lindlev Mon. 59; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 155; Gr. Fl. Eds. 112; Hook. Br. Fl. 

 229; Eng. Bot. 2594; R. Doniana, Woods, 

 Linn. Trans, xii. 185; Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 378 ; 

 Eng. Bot. 2601 ; R. nivalis, Hort. Cant. 7th ed., 

 155. R. involuta. Winch, Geog. PL, 2nd ed., 

 No. 3, App. 

 y R. involuta, Eng. Bot. 2068 ; FL Brit. ii. 398 ; 

 With iii. 613 ; Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. 183 ; 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 380; Hook. Fl. Scot. 154; Br. 

 Fl. 229. 

 Flowers pink ; generally one, but sometimes two 

 or three together. Petals yellowish at the base. 

 Fruit globular scarlet. Calyx permanent, entire. 

 « At Baydales, near Darlington, D. /3 in Heaton 

 Dene, below Benton Bridge, and near Goldspink 

 Hall, N. Near Middleton-one-Row, D.— Mr. J. 

 Backhouse. 



