TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 



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No. I.. — Flora of Northumberland and Durham. 



John Winch, 



By Nathaniel 



PART I. 



PHtENOGAMOUS plants. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



1. SALICORNIA 

 I. S. Iterbacca. Marsh Samphire, Jointed-glasswort 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 2 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 1 ; Berwick 



Flora, 2; S. annua, Eng. Bot. 415. 

 /3 S. procumbent. Procumbent Jointed-glasswort. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 2 ; Eng. Bot. 2475. 

 a On the muddy sea shores and salt marshes of Tyne, 



Wear, Tees, "&c, also at Holy Island. /3 in salt 



marshes at Saltholme, Hartlepool, D Mr. J. 



Backhouse. 

 In the north, where the true Samphire is not known, 



the Glasswort is sold under that name. 



2. HIPPURIS. 



1. H. vulgaris. Mare's-tail. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 4 ; Eng. Bot. 763 ; With. ii. 6 ; 



Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 1 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 1. 

 At Prestwick Carr, N. In the Skern near the bridge 

 at Darlington, and at Hell-kettles, D. In stells 

 about Thorp, Norton, and Stockton, D. — John 

 Hogg, Esq. 



DIANDR1A MONOGYNIA. 



3. LIGUSTRUM. 

 . L. vulgarc. Privet, Print. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 13; Eng. Bot. 764; With. ii. 11 ; 

 Curt. Fasc. v. t. 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 3 ; Ber- 

 wick Flora, 5. 

 In woods and hedges between Sunderland and Castle 

 Eden, and on Limestone rocks on the coast, D. — 

 About Greatham and Thorpwood, D. — John Hogg, 



Esq. Naturalized in hedges about Berwick fir. 



G. Johnston. 



VOL. II. B 



The Privet is truly indigenous only in our Magnesian 

 Limestone district, though straggling plants may be 

 occasionally met with throughout the north of 

 England. 



4. FRAXINUS. 

 1. F. excelsior. Common Ash. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 14; Eng. Bot. 1G92; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. 3. 

 |3 F. ftelcrophylla. Simple -leaved Ash. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. 14; Eng. Bot. 2476. 

 « In woods and hedges. /3 in plantations. 

 A variety of the ash with leaves mostly simple. 



5. CIRCiEA. 



1. C. luteiiana. Common Enchanter's-nightshade. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 15; Eng. Bot. 1056; With. ii. 



1 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 4 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. 

 t. 3 ; Berwick Flora, 6. 



In moist shady woods and hedges, but not very com- 

 mon, N. and D. Near Wooler and below Lang- 

 ley Ford, N. — Dr. G- Johnston. At Wallington, 

 N. — W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. 



2. C. alpina. Mountain Enchanter's-nightshade. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 16 ; Eng. Bot. 1057 ; With. ii. 



12 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 4'; C. lutctiana (i, Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 2. 



Near Featherstone Castle. — W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. 



In Hulne Woods near Alnwick. — Mr. J. Emble- 



ton. By the Roman Wall, near Haltwhistle, N. 



—Miss Dale, Sp. 

 Differing from Circ&a lutetiana by its heart-shaped 



leaves. 



6. VERONICA. 



1. V '. scrpylUfolia. Smooth Speedwell, Paul's Betonv. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 20 ; Eng. Bot. 1075 ; Curt. Fasc. 

 i. t. 3. 



