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native brushwood is not infrequent. The Jay (Garrulus 

 glandarius) which ' used to frequent the district and had been 

 seen there by a venerable member of the party, was not observed 

 on this occasion. Though in profusion the wild flowers did not 

 supply rarities, but the great Hedge Bed-straw in abundance was 

 a noteworthy feature. Among plants which atti-acted notice 

 were: — Silene injlata; Arenaria verna (Tyneside); Hypericum 'per- 

 foratum,; H. quadrangulum; H.pulchrum,; Geranium, sylvaticum, ; 

 G. dissectum, ; Lotus major; Agrim,onia Eupatoria ; Sanguisorha 

 offhcinalis; Sanicida Europcea; Pimpinella Saxifraga ; (Eaanthe 

 crocata ; Torilis anthriscus; Galium, verum, ; G. palustre ; G. 

 saxatile ; G. Mollugo ; G. horeale (Tyneside) ; Lactuca m,uralis ; 

 Solidago Virgaurea ; Achillea Ptarmica ; Bartsia Odontites ; 

 Scroi^hularia nodosa ; Stachys Betonica ; Nepeta Glechoma ; 

 Lysimachia nemorum ; Listera ovata ; Juyicus injiexus ; Carex 

 remota ; C. flacca ; Briza media ; Blechnum spicant ; and 

 Equisetum sylvaticum. The Hexham Levels to the South of 

 tlie bridge, from which Trollius Europcnus has been reported, 

 were not included in the ramble. 



