12 



Mr. Winch' 1 's Flora of Northumberland, 8gc. 



« On hedge banks, and in woods, frequent. |3 on 

 walls and basaltic rocks, frequent. 

 5. M. versicolor. Yellow and blue Scorpion-grass. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 253 ; Eng. Bot. 2558 and 480, 



£ i. ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 67 ; Berwick Flora, 52. 

 On walls, and in fields near Newcastle, but not com- 

 mon. On Cloudy crags near Alnwick, N. — Mr. J. 

 Davison. 



69. LITHOSPERMUM. 



1. L. officinale. Common Gromwell, Grey Mill, 



Grev Miller. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 254 ; Eng. Bot. 134 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 68 ; With. ii. 308. 

 In Castle Eden and Hawthorn Dene, and Hilton 



woods, on the Magncsian Limestone, D. 



2. L. arvense. Corn Gromwell, Bastard Alkanet. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 255 ; Eng. Bot. 123 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 68. 

 In corn fields, frequent. 

 Linnajus remarks, that the girls of the north of Europe 



paint their faces with the juice of the root, upon 



days of Yestivity. 



3. L. maritimum. Sea Gromwell. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 256 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 68 ; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 44 ; Pulmonaria maritima, Eng. Bot. 368 ; 

 Curt. Fasc. vi. t. 18. 



At Scremmerston Mill, between the Salt Pans and 

 Berwick. — Lawson. Dill, Ray's Syn. 228. 



This elegant plant has not been observed on the coast 

 of Northumberland for many years past. On the 

 shores of Cumberland and Wales, it is by no means 

 rare, and I have specimens from Fifeshire. 



70. ANCHUSA. 



1. A. officinalis. Common Alkanet. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 258 ; Eng. Bot. 662 ; With. ii. 



310. 

 Naturalized on the links near Hartley Pans, N. 



Brought herein ballast from the Continent. 



2. A. sempervirens. Evergreen Alkanet. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 258; Eng. Bot. 45; With. ii. 

 310; Berwick Flora, 53; Hook. Lond. t. 94; 

 Fl. Scot. 68. 

 Naturalized near Berwick, in a hedge behind Ram- 

 say's barn — Dr.Thompson. Near the Giieve's 

 House. — Dr. G. Johnston. 



71. CYNOGLOSSUM. 



1. C. officinale. Common Hound's-tongue. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 260 ; Eng. Bot. 921 ; Curt. Fasc. 

 iv. t. 16; Hook. Fl. Scot. 69; Berwick Flora, 

 53. 

 By road sides and on rubbish, particularly near the 

 coast, but by no means common, N. and D. On 

 the links at Scremmerston and Holy Island, N. — 

 Dr. G. Johnston. 



71. PULMONARIA. 



1. P. officinalis. Common Lung-wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. 261 ; Eng. Bot. 118 ; With. ii. 312 ; 



Gr. PI. Eds. 46. 

 In Cliff Wood, six miles west of Darlington, D. — 

 Mr. E. Robson. Near the gate of the Slocking, in 

 the neighbourhood of Alnwick, N. — Miss Pringle, 

 Sp. In a wood near Howick. — Rev. J. Dodd. 

 Probably naturalized in all these habitats. 



72. SYMPHYTUM. 



1. S. officinale. Common Comfrey. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 263; Eng. Bot. 817; Curt. Fasc. 

 iv. 18; Hook. Fl. Scot. 69. 



/3 S. patens, Sib. Fl. Ox. 70; With. ii. 315. 



On the banks of Pont near Ponteland, in lanes at 

 Benwell; and in Wall's End Dene, N. By hedges 

 between South Shieldsand Jarrow, D. At Polam, 

 near Darlington, D. — Mr. J. Backhouse. ,3 On 

 the banks of Pont, near Ponteland, N. 



2. S. tuberosum. Tuberous-rooted Comfrey. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 263 ; Eng. Bot. 1502 ; Lightfoot, 

 109) ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 46; With. ii. 315 ; Hook. 

 Brit. Fl. 81. 



Durham. — Mr. E. Robson, in Hooker's Flora. By 

 the side of the Whitcadder, half-way between its 

 mouth and the bridge within Berwick bounds.— Dr. 

 G. Johnston. 



73. BORAGO. 



1. B. officinalis. Common Borage. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 264; Eng. Bot. 36; With. ii. 



315 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 70; Berwick Flora, 53. 

 Naturalized on the ballast hills of Tyne and Wear, N. 



and D. On the links between Hartlepool and the 



second wind-mill, D John Hogg, Esq. In fields 



at Hallidon, N Mr. A. Baird. 



74. ASPERUGO. 

 1. A. prccumbens. German Mad-wort. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 265 ; Eng. Bot. 661 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 70 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 46 ; Berwick Flora, 54 ; 

 With. ii. 316. 

 In the Holy Island, N.— Dill. Ray's Syn. 228. On 

 Bamborough Castle, and on rubbish by the road side 

 below it, N. — Miss Nevison and Miss Forster, Sp. 



75. LYCOPSIS. 

 1. L. arvensis. Small Bugloss. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 267 ; Eng. Bot. 938 ; Curt. Fasc. 



v. t. 7 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 70. 

 In corn-fieids and the links of the sea coast. 



76. ECHIUM. 



1. E. vulgarc. Common Blue Viper's Bugloss. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl i. 268; Eng. Bot. 181 ; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. 70 ; Berwick Flora, 54. 



In fields, on waste ground, and on the links on the 

 sea coast, not very frequent. 



I have gathered an elegant variety with white flowers, 

 (not noticed by Smith or Withering), on the west- 

 ern extremity of Box Hill, Surrey. 



2. E. italicum. White Viper's Bugloss. 



Sm. Fl. Brit. i. 221 ; Eng. Bot.. 2081 ; With. ii. 



317. 

 On Sunderland ballast hills, D. : at one time far from 



rare, but imported from the Continent, 1 make no 



doubt. 



77- PRIMULA. 

 1. P. vulgaris. Primrose. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 270; Eng. Bot. 4; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 71; P. acaulis, Curt. Fasc. vi. 16; Ber- 

 wick Flora, 54. 

 P. clatior. (Oxlip.) 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 270; Eng. Bot. 513 ; With. ii. 

 319 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 71. 



