54- 



Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, 8$c'. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 421 ; Eng. Bot. 2019; With. iii. 

 936. 



On Sunderland ballast-hills, D.— W. Weighell's 

 Herb. 

 2. E. acre. Blue Flea-bane. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 422; Eng. Bot. 1158; Curt. 

 Lond. Fasc. i. t. 60 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 242 ; 

 With. iii. 937 ; Berwick Flora, 183. 



In Castle Eden Dene, also at Fawdon-slate and 

 Byers's Quarry near Whitburn, on the sand-hills at 

 "^Hartlepool, and on Hebburn and Sunderland bal- 

 last-hills, D. At Hesledon Dene, and pastures at 

 Owton, near Greatham, D. — J. Hogg, Esq. On 

 Holy Island links north of the Castle, and on St. 

 Anthon's and Willington ballast-hills, N. 



330. TUSSILAGO. 



1. T. Farfara. Colt's-foot. 



Sm. En'g. Fl. iii. 425 ; Eng. Bot. 429 ; Woody, t. 



13; Curt. Eond. Fasc. ii. t. 60; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 242 ; Berwick Flora, 183. 

 In moist woods and fields, very common. 



2. T. Petasites. Common Butter-bur. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 425 ; Eng. Bot. 431 ; Berwick- 

 Flora, 183 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. ii. t. 59 ; /3 T. 

 hybrida, Eng. Bot. 430 ; With. iii. 940 ; T. Pe- 

 tasites farm., Hook. Lond. t. 129; Gr. Fl. Eds. 

 177. 



a In moist woods and on the sandy banks of rivers; 

 & on the banks of Tyne at the foot of Scotswood 

 Dene, in Walbottle Dene, and near Haltwhistle, 

 N. On the banks of the Derwent at Derwent- 

 haugh, D. Near Darlington, D.— Mr. E. Robson. 



331. SENECIO. 



1. S. vulgaris. Common Groundsel, Simson. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 428 ; Eng. Bot. 747 ; Curt. Lond. 



Fasc. i. t. 61 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 243. 

 On cultivated ground, everywhere. 



2. S. viscosus. Stinking Groundsel. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 429 ; Eng. Bot. 32 ; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 178; With. iii. 941 ; Berwick Flora, 184. 



By road sides and on the ballast-hills. Near Seaton 

 and Hartlepool, D. Near Benwell, Alemouth, and 

 in Heaton Dene, N. About the Riding Stable at 

 Easington near Belford, N. — Dr. G. Johnston. 



3. S. sylvrtticus. Mountain Groundsel. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 430 ; Eng. Bot. 748 ; Berwick- 

 Flora, 184; Hook. Fl. Scot. 244; With. iii. 

 942. 



/3 S. lividus, Linn. Sp. PI. 1216 ; Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 

 429; Eng. Bot. 2515; Hook. Fl. Scot. 243; 

 Lindley's Syn. 146; With. iii. 943. 



On hedge banks in Jesmond fields, and similar situa- 

 tions about Newcastle, not rare, N. aDd D. In 

 Teesdale near Middleton, and in Raby Park, D. 

 In the lane between Sadbergh and Norton, D. — J. 

 Hogg, Esq. Near Berwick — Dr. G. Johnston. 

 On Alnwick Moor, N. — Mr. J. Davison. 



Variety /3 is the same plant in a more luxuriant state, 

 from growing on fresh turned-up ground. 



4. S. tcnidfolius. Hoarv Ragwort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 432 ; Eng. Bot. 574 ; Berwick 

 Flora, 184; With. iii. 944 ; S. crucifolius, Hud- 

 son, 366 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. v. t. 64. 



Bv hedges in the Magnesian Limestone district, fre- 

 quent. At Baydaies near Darlington, D. — Mr. 



E. Robson. On the banks of Tweed near Ord 

 Mill, N Dr. Thompson. 



5. S. Jacobcea. Common Ragwort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 433 ; Eng. Bot. 1 130 ; Hook. 

 Fl. Scot. 244 ; Berwick Flora, 184. 



In pastures and on waste ground, common. 



A peculiar variety, with remarkably long petals, was 

 gathered in 1828, about three quarters of a mile above 

 Swalwell New Bridge, D.,byMr. John Thornhill, 

 jun., Curator of the Newcastle Museum. 



6. S. aqualicus. Marsh Ragwort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 434 ; Eng. Bot. 1131 ; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 179 ; With. iii. 946 ; Berwick Flora, 185. 

 In marshy places, frequent. 



7. S. saraccnicus. Broad-leaved Ragwort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 435; Eng. Bot. t. 2211 ; Hook. 



Fl. Scot. 244 ; With. iii. 947. 

 By the bourn side near Hallington, between five and 



six miles south-west of Capheaton, N. — Mr. J. 



Thompson, Sp. 

 Probably the out-cast of some garden. 



332. ASTER. 



1. A. Tripolium. Sea Stanvort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 436 ; Eng. Bot. 87 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 



179 ; With. iii. 948 ; Berwick Flora, 185. 

 On the sea coast and in salt marshes on Tweed, Aln, 

 Blyth, Tyne, Wear, and Tees, N. and D. 



333. SOLIDAGO. 



1. S. Virgaurea. Common Golden-rod. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 438 ; Eng. Bot. 301 ; Berwick 

 Flora, 185 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 244 ; y S. cambrica, 

 Hudson, 307 ; With. iii. 950. 

 a In woods and on dry banks of denes, N. and D. 

 Near Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston, y on Basaltic 

 rocks at Winch Bridge, and Cauldron Snout in 

 Teesdale, D. 



334. INULA. 



1. I. Helenium. Elecampane. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 440; Eng. Bot. 1546; Woodv. 

 t. 108 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 245 ; With. iii. 953. 



In Castle Eden Dene, on the north side, about a mile 

 from the sea, D. — Mr. Janson, Sp. In many places 

 by the River Tees, D. — Robson's Flora, 160. 



2. I. dysenterica. Common Flea-bane. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 440; Eng. Bot. 1115 ; Berwick 

 Flora, 185; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. 56; Hook. 

 Fl. Scot. 245 ; With. iii. 954 ; PuRcaria dysen- 

 terica, Hook. Br. Fl. 363. 



In ditches and damp places by road sides, not rare, N. 

 and D. Near Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston. 



335. DORONICUM. 

 1. D. Pardalianchcs. Great Leopard's-bane. 



Linn. Sp. PI. 1247; Eng. Bot. 2654 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 245 ; Br. Fl. 364 ; Fl. Lond. t. 88 ; Light- 

 foot, 485. 



Naturalized on the banks of Wear at Durham, below 

 Mr. Fox's garden. Gathered on the cold moun- 

 tains of Northumberland by Dr. Penny. — Gerard. 



A very unlikely habitat. I have a specimen of the 

 Doronicum, figured in Eng. Bot. at 630, gathered 

 by Mr. Maughan in woods near Culross, Perth- 

 shire. 



