50 



Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, 85c. 



and D. In the field above the quarry at Sunny- 

 side, about a mile south of Berwick. — Dr. Thomp- 

 son. Near Gun's Green Hill. — Rev. A. Baird. 

 That the Lucerne has been introduced from the Conti- 

 nent there can be no doubt. 



2. M. falcata. Yellow Sickle Medick. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 317; Eng. Bot. 1016; With. 

 iii. 862. 



On Wellington ballast-hills, N. On the Salt Mea- 

 dows near Gateshead Ropery, and Sunderland 

 ballast-hills, D. 



3. M. lupulina. Black Medick, or Nonesuch. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 318; Eng. Bot. 971; Curt. 



Lond. Fasc. ii. t. 57 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 220 ; 



Berwick Flora, 1 65. 

 In meadows and pastures, frequent. 



4. M. maculata. Spotted Medick. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 319 ; Sibth. 232; Medicago po- 

 lymorpha, Eng. Bot. 1616; Curt. Lond. Fast 

 iii. t. 47 ; With. iii. 864. 



On fche quay above South Shields, D. On the ballast- 

 hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D. Under the 

 Banqueting House at Alnwick, N. — Miss Forster, 

 delin. 



On the Magnesian Limestone in Hawthorn, Ryhope, 

 Dalton and Castle Eden Denes, and near Harring- 

 ton, D. S 



7. H. hirsutuin. Hair} 7 St. John's-wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 328; Eng. Bot. 1156; Curt. 



Lond.^Fasc. iii. t. 49 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 164 ; With. 



iii. 870; Berwick Flora, 168. 

 In woods and hedges, frequent. 



8. H. pnkhrum. Small Upright St. John's-wort. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 329 ; Eng. Bot. 1227 ; Curt. 



Lond. Fasc. i. t. 56 ; With. i:i. 871 ; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 164; Berwick Flora, 168. 

 In woods, denes, and bushy places, by no means rare. 



POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



304. HYPERICUM. 



1. H. Androscemum. Tutsan, Park Leaves. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 323; Eng. Bot. 1225; Curt. 



Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 48; Hook. Fl. Scot. 221; 



With. iii. 865. 

 Near Birch Carr, three miles east of Darlington. — 



Mr. Backhouse. By a plantation at Twinkham 



Lea near Seaton, D. — J. Hogg, Esq. 



2. H. quadrangulum. Square St. John's-wort, St. 



Peters- wort. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 324 ; Eng. Bot. 370 ; Curt. 

 Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 52; Hook. Fl. Scot. 221; 

 With. iii. 867 ; Berwick Flora, 167- 

 By rivers, and in woods and denes, not very common. 

 In Hulne Woods near Alnwick, N. — Mr. J. Da- 

 vison. 



3. H. perforatum. Perforated St. John's-wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 325 ; Eng. Bot. 295 ; Curt. 



Lond. Fasc. i. t. 57 ; Woodv. t. 10 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 221 ; Berwick Flora, 167- 

 In woods and hedges, frequent. 



4. H. dubium. Imperforate St. John's-wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 326 ; Eng. Bot. 296 ; With. iii. 

 868 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 221. 



Near Oakwood and Ovingham, N. Near Middleton- 

 in-Teesdale and Eglestone, also in Gibside Woods 

 and by the Derwent near Swalwell Bridge, D. 

 Between Newburn and Wylam, and in the Oilers 

 between Ovingham and Ovington, N. At Hollin- 

 side, D.— Mr. R. B. Bowman. 



5. H. humifusum. Trailing St. John's-wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 326; Eng. Bot. 1226; Curt. 



Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 50 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 163 ; With. 



iii. 868; Berwick Flora, 167. 

 In sandy or gravelly places, but not common. Near 



Neville's Cross, D. In Heaton Dene, N. 



6. H. montanum. Mountain St. John's-wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 327 ; Eng. Bot. 371 ; Hook. 

 Fl. Scot. 222 ; With. iii. 869. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA .EQUALIS. 



305. TRAGOPOGON. 



1. T. pralensis. Yellow Goat's-beard. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 337 ; Eng. Bot. 434 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 226 ; Berwick Flora, 172. 

 In meadows and pastures, not uncommon. 



2. T. major. Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1493; Jacq. Aust. 

 i. t. 29. 



Sparingly scattered over the whole of North Durham, 



N.— Dr. G. Johnston, MSS. 

 One of the most interesting additions made of late 



years to the English Flora. 



306. PICRIS. 

 1. P. echioides. Bristly Ox-tongue. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 339 ; Eng. Bot. 972 ; Curt. Lond. 

 Fasc. iii. t. 51 ; With. iii. 877 ; Berwick Flora, 

 173 ; Helminthia echioides, Hook. Br. Fl. 338. 



On St. Anthon's ballast-hills, N. On the sea coast 

 between Whitburn and Sunderland, and between 

 Stockton and Norton, where it was observed by 

 Lawson. — See Wilson's Syn. 37 ; also near Seaton, 

 D. By the Sunderland road near East Boldon. — 

 Mr. J. Thornhill, jun. In lanes south of Billing- 

 ham. — J. Hogg, Esq. On Cleadon Hills, near 

 Suter Point, D. — Rev. J. Symons. By the Pier 

 road near the Limekiln, Berwick. — Dr. Thompson. 



Not found in Scotland. 

 2. P. hieracioides. Hawkweed Ox-tongue. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 339 ; Eng. Bot. 196 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 226 ; With. iii. 878. 



On the ballast-hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D. 

 At the lower end of Hawthorn Dene, D. At Bay- 

 dales near Darlington. — Mr. Backhouse. Near 

 Norton, D J. Hogg, Esq. 



307. SONCHUS. 



1. S. arvensis. Corn Sow-thistle. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 342; Eng. Bot. 674; Curt. 



Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 53 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 226 ; 



Berwick Flora, 173. 

 In corn fields and on hedge banks, frequent. 



2. S. oleraccus. Common Sow-thistle. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 343; Eng. Bot. 843; Curt. 

 Lond. Fasc. ii. t. 58 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 227 ; Ber- 

 wick Flora, 173. 



a > 1^1 y> ^ Every where, on cultivated and waste 

 ground. 



308. LACTUCA. 



1. L. virosa. Strong-scented Lettuce. 



