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and Allendale, 600 yards in Kilhope, 450 yards in the Cheviot 

 tract. 



24. DACTYLIS, L. 



1. D. glomerata, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. 

 Range 1, 2. 



Grassy places and on the edges of fields, ascending to 550 yards 

 in Harwood Dale and East Allendale. 



25. FESTUCA, L. 



1. F. Iromoides, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. 



Eange 1. 



Walls and dry sandy banks, not unfrequent. Hareshaw Moor, 

 Tarset Moor, Alnwick Moor, in the Cheviot streams, Alnmouth, 

 &c. Ascends to 200 yards. 



2. F. ovina, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. 



Range 1-3. 



Common in grassy places, especially amongst the moors, ascend- 

 ing to the peak of Cheviot, 850 yards, Highfield, Kilhope Law. 



3. F. duriuscula, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. 



Range 1-3. 



Common in grassy places, ascending to 750 yards on Highfield, 

 550 yards in East Allendale. 



4. F. rubra, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. 



Range 1. 



Common along the coast sand-hills, and occasionally in sandy 

 groimd inland, ascending in the Wear district to Bollihope Moor, 

 250 yards (J. Backhouse). 



5. F. sylvatica, Vill. Native. Scottish type. Area D. 



Range 1. 



In the "Wear district in Bollihope Dene near Frosterley, 200- 

 250 yards (J. Backhouse'.). 



