170 A NEAV FLOBA OF 



hills, ascending to 800 yards on Cheviot, 550 yards in Welhope. 

 Yar. rivularis is frequent in the hill sykes. 



Order 10. SCLERANTHACE^. 



1. SCLERANTHUS, L. 



1. S. annuus, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. 

 Range 1. 



Frequent in dry sandy soil, ascending on porphyry above 

 Alwinton to 300 yards, and nearly as high on the banks of Com- 

 mon Burn near Wooler. S. perennis of Winch's Flora is no 

 doubt a mistake for this. 



Order 11. GROSSULARIACE^. ^ 



1. RIBES, L. 



1. R. nigrum, L. Denizen. Intermediate type. Area C, N, 



D. Eange 1. 



Not unfrequent by stream- sides, but very doubtfully indigen- 

 ous. The most wild-looking station we have seen is in Tecket 

 Dene, 150 yards. 



2. R. ruh^um, L. Native. Intermediate type. Area N, D. 



Range 1, 2. 



The typical plant doubtfully indigenous like the preceding. 

 Var. petrceuyn in Tynedale near Warden, Haydon Bridge, and 

 some of the denes nearer Newcastle, and in Teesdale from Moor 

 Rigs, 400 yards, down to Coniscliffe. 



3. R. aljyinum, L. Denizen. Intermediate type. Area C, 



N, D. Range 1. 



Woods, doubtfully indigenous. Ratcheugh, Denwick, Hulne, 

 Felton, Wallington, Sunderland, Chester-le- Street, and by the 

 Tees above Darlington. 



