26 



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



In woods and hedges near Hilton Castle, and in 

 Dalton and Castle Eden Denes, D. Near Norton 

 and Wynyard. — J. Hogg, Esq. In Whorlton wood, 

 D. — Rev. J. Harriman. Between Bilton Bank 

 and the Long Dyke, near Alnwick N — Mr. J. Da- 

 vison. 



Usually confined to limestone soils. 



171. ACER. 



1 . A. Pseudo-platanus. Greater Maple, Sycamore. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 230 ; Eng. Bot. 303 ;" Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 120. 

 In woods and hedges, also on the edges of many of 

 our high moors, where it certainly is indigenous. 



2. A. campestre. Common Maple. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 231 ; Eng. Bot. 304 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 120; With. ii. 494. 



In hedges near Sunderland, Norton, and Darlington, 

 and in plantations at Beamish, D. Rare in the 

 north of England, probably not indigenous beyond 

 the Tyne. 



OCTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



172. POLYGONUM. 



1. P. amphiUum, Amphibious Persicaria. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 232 ; Eng. Bot. 435 ; Curt. Fasc. 



iv. t. 28; Hook. Fl. Scot. 121; Berwick Flora, 



90. 

 In ditches, ponds, and by rivulets. 



2. P. Persicaria. Spotted Persicaria. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 233 ; Ens. Bot. 750 ; Curt. Fasc. 



i. t. 23; Hook. Fl. Scot. 121 ; Berwick Flora, 



90. 

 In ditches and watery places. 



3. P, laputhifolium. Pale-flowered Persicaria. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 234; Eng. Bot. 1382; Berwick- 

 Flora, 90; Hook. Fl. Scot. 121 ; P. pmnsylvani- 

 cum, Curt. Fasc. i. 24, 25 ; P. pallidum, With, 

 ii. 508. 



On cultivated ground and about dung hills. 



4. P. Hydropipcr. Biting Persicaria. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 235 ; Eng. Bot. 989 ; Curt. Fasc. 

 i. t. 2G; Hook. Fl. Scot. 121 ; Berwick Flora, 



91. 



By ditches and watery places. 



5 P. minus. Small Creeping Persicaria. 



Sm Enc. Fl. ii. 235 ; Eng. Bot. 1043 ; Curt. Fasc. 

 i. t. 28 ; With. ii. 507 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 121. 



At Mordent Carr near Darlington, D. — Mr. Back- 

 house. 



6 P. Bistorta. Great Bistort, or Snakeweed. 



' Sm Eno-. Fl. ii. 236 ; Eng. Bot. 509 ; Curt. Fasc. 

 i. t. 22 ; Woodv. 34 ; With. ii. 509 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 120. 

 In moist, meadows and woods on .Tyne, Wear, Tees, 

 Team, and Derwent, N. and D. Near Walling- 

 ton, N.— W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. In the King's 

 Meadows, near Newcastle. — Wilson's Syn. 21. 

 Where itstill grows. In the wood called the Stock- 

 ing, near Alnwick, N. — Mr. J. Davison. 

 7. P. viviparum. Viviparous, or Alpine Bistort. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 237 ; Eng. Bot. 609 ; Hook. Lond. 

 t. 81 ; Fl. Scot. 120 ; 'With. ii. 510. 



In alpine pastures near Eglestone and Middleton, 

 also iii-Teesdale Forest, on the banks of Wear, at 

 Burtree-ford, Weardale, D. 



8. P. aviciilare. Knot-grass. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 238; Berwick Flora. 91 ; Eng. 



Bot. 1252 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 122; Curt. Lonu. 



i. t. 27; 5 Sin. ; P. marinum, Ray's Syn. 147. 

 es By paths and on cultivated grounri ; s close by Cut. 



lercoats near Tynemouth, N. — Wilson's Syn. 21. 



9. P. Fagopyrum. Buck-wheat. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 239 ; Eng. But. 1044 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 122. 

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



10. P. Convolvulus. Climbing Buck-wheat, Black 



Bindweed. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 239 ; Eng. Bot. 941 ; Curt. Fasc. 



iv. t. 29; Hook. Fl. Scot. 122 ; Berwick Flora, 



91. 

 In corn fields, gardens, &c. 



OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 



173. PARIS. 

 . P. qmdrifolia. Herb Paris. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 241 ; Eng. Bot. 7 ; With. ii. 513 ; 

 Gr. Fl. Eds. 91. 



In Hawthorn and Castle Eden Denes, and Raby Park ; 

 also in Urpeth, Beamish, and Ravensworth woods, 

 D. In Scotswood and Hcaton Denes, and in woods 

 on the Coquet, at Felton and Meldon ; also near 

 Hexham. N. Wallington woods, N. — Miss Emma 

 Trevelyan. In Cottingwood near Morpeth, where 

 Dr. Turner observed it; and at the west end of 

 the Rectory wood, Simonburn. — Wallis, 150. In 

 Twizell dene. — P. J. Selby, Esq. In Rugeley 

 wood. — Mr. F. Manisty. At Break-back, on the 

 way to Huln Abbey neai Alnwick, N. — Dr. Cope. 



174. ADOXA. 



. A. Moscfiatcllina. Tuberous Moschatell. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 242 ; Eng. Bot. 453 ; Curt. Lond. 

 Fasc. ii. t. 26 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 123; With. ii. 

 514. 

 In woods, denes, and under hedges. 



ENNEANDRIA HEXAGYNIA. 



175. BUTOMUS. 

 B. nmhdlatus. Flowering-rush. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 245 ; Eng. Bot. 651 ; Curt. Loud. 

 Fasc. i. t. 29 ; Hook.'Fl. Scot. 123 ; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 92 ; With. ii. 522. 

 In the river Skerne near Darlington, D. In rivulets 

 near Norton. — J. Hogg, Esq. In the Browney, 

 D. — Rev. J. Symons. Naturalized in the ponds at 

 Wallington. In a small pond near Howick, N — 

 Mr. J. Embleton's MSS. Most likely planted 

 there. 

 I consider the south of the county of Durham as the 

 northern limit oiButomus umbdlatits, for thirty years 

 since the late Mr. M'Kay assured me that this ele- 

 gant aquatic had been planted in Duddingston 

 Lough ; and Loch Clunie, bordering on the high- 



