PETTY : CONSTITUENTS OF NORTH LANCASHIRE FLORA, Ot 
Centunculus minimus L. C.F.R., 1724. 
1796. Withering, ed. 3, 198-9. Saltmarshes and meadows near 
the sea-side, Newton-in-Cartmel, common, Isaac Hall, and repeated 
in all subsequent editions; and in 1805, Turner and Dillwyn, Bot. 
Guide, ii., 366. 1835. Watson, New B. G., but ascribed to ‘B.G.’ 
1839. Baxter, Phzenog. Bot., iv., 296. 1885. Baker’s Flora, 173- 
Hall repeated. ‘Modern confirmation wanted.’ 
Samolus Valerandi L. C.F.R., 1629. 
Anagallis aquatica retundifol. Ger. First reported by Lawson 
to Ray, April 1688 
1718. Derham, Phil. Lett., 213. At Marsh Grange in Furness, 
Lawson. 1848, Ray Corresp., Ray Soc., 197 et seq. Lawson to 
Ray in full. 1861. Phytologist, 260. Shore below Humphrey Head, 
west side, Dr. Windsor. 1874. J. of B., Miss E. Hodgson. Canal 
Foot to Tridley Point, and several places on Plumpton shore. 
1885. Baker’s Flora, 173. Damp sandy hollows of the coast at 
Ronnard, F. A. Lees. Miss Hodgson repeated. ‘On the shore at 
Flookborough, Kent’s Bank, and Grange. First recorded by 
Lawson.’ 
Note.—Ronned, local pronunciation = Roanhead or Ronhead, 
on the coast between Askham and Barrow. 
Fraxinus excelsior L. CER, £643. 
1774. Pennant, Tour, 1772, ii., 29. ‘Observe that the tops of 
all the ash trees were lopped ; and was informed that it was done to 
feed the cattle in the autumn, when the grass was on the decline ; 
the cattle peeling off it as a food. In Queen Elizabeth’s time the 
inhabitants of Colton and Hawkshead remonstrated against the 
number of bloomeries then in the country, because they consumed 
all the loppings and croppings, the sole winter food of their cattle.* 
1796. Withering, ed. 3, 58. Pennant’s statement repeated, and in 
all subsequent editions. 1842. Evans, Furness and Furness Abbey, 
26. No locality. 1864. Linton, Lake Country, 326. ‘Common,’ 
no locality. 1874. J. of B., Miss E. Hodgson. No locality. 1885. 
Baker's Flora, 147. ‘The finest tree I remember stands just within 
the entrance gate of the grounds of Furness Abbey,’ J. G. Baker. 
Ligustrum vulgare L. C.E.R., 1562. 
1796. Withering, ed. 3, 10. Rocks of Dunnerholme and above 
Cartmel Wells. Atkinson, and repeated in all subsequent editions. 
1805. West, Antiq., ed. Close, 378. Dunnerholme only. 1830. 
Otley, Guide, ed. iv., 146. Humphrey Head, and repeated in all 
following editions. 1842. Evans, Furness and Furness Abbey, 25. 
186r. Phytologist, 238. Between Humphrey Head and Cartmel, 
_* Lhave to thank the Rev. Canon Ayre for a sight of Pennant’s volume. 
March 1897. 
