THE CONSTITUENTS OF 
THE NORTH LANCASHIRE FLORA, 1597(?)-1893. 
LISTER PETTY, 
Ulverston. 
FIRST PAPER. 
SOME years ago, wishing to know what had been published on the 
Fiora of North Lancashire, I began to codify all the notices I could 
find. On account of the difficulty in seeing the necessary books, 
the subject was laid aside. In December 1890, Mr. Cosmo Melvill 
suggested the desirability of continuing the examination. Since 
then circumstances have aided me, and the results are below. 
Although the list of authorities is a long one, it is not complete, and 
any additional reference will be gladly received if sent to me, as 
above, and shall be published at the close of these papers ; that is, 
if on examination the book contains anything, for some of the 
—seemingly—likely ones do not, and many more have been read 
than find a place here. 
For the loan of books or for help I am indebted to Mr. J. W. 
Clapham, Leeds; Mr. J. Coward, Ulverston; and Mr. Jas. Irvine, 
London ; and Mr. Melvill sad kindly looked through a portion of 
my rhanuscript. The assistants of the British Museum Reading 
Room, ‘behind the scenes’ though they be, certainly deserve my 
thanks. The Banksian collection is housed some distance away, 
and I gave them many journeys. 
The District.—The area included in North Lancashire is that 
portion of the county bounded by the Duddon, the Brathay, 
Esthwaite Water, west shore of Windermere to the Ferry, and 
thence across the lake to near Storrs Hall. Along the Lancashire 
boundary to the Winster and down it to its mouth, on the shore 
below Grange-over-Sands. Back again up the coast to the Duddon, 
taking in Walney Island. This is the Lancashire portion of 
Watson’s vice-county 69,' so often wrongly quoted as ‘ Westmorland 
and Furness.’ Furness is the northern half, Cartmel the southern. 
These two make up North Lonsdale, or ‘Lonsdale North of the 
Sands.” The peculiarity of the situation is described by a lady 
who knew the district as pene ‘almost an island . . . except 
* H. C. Watson, Cybele, anh 59; Top. Bot., Ed. 2, 1883 ; also first edition. 
2 Baines, Lan cashire. Evans, Furness sat Paiies Abbey, 1842. 
April 1894. 
