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such with the aUied, tliough quite distinct, species. In the 

 same neighbourhood the following Sedges were also found : — 

 C((r.\i: dlsticha, C. panicea, C piltdi/era, C. glaiica, C. Jiava, 

 C. hirta, C. amptdlacea, C. /;«/i!((;?cia'«, and C. riparia. 



While consulting a list of additional plants to the flora of 

 Berwick upon Tweed, as published by tlie late Dr Johnston, my 

 attention was directed to a note of Ids regarding Carex Uevi(jata 

 to this effect :■' — " In the brushwood at the base of Yevering 

 Bell, with 6'. raraota et paniculata " ; * and in the belief that 

 the nature of the wood indicated resembled that of Edlingham, 

 I set out on 15th September to examine it, beginning the 

 search from Old Yeavering. Very soon it became evident 

 that the statement of that careful botanist could be verifiefl, 

 even after the lapse of more than seventy years, as the three 

 Sedges mentioned were all in vigorous growth within the 

 plantation. Naturally my curiosity was increased to learn 

 whether the aforesaid Hybrid had also established itself there ; 

 and after diligent application foi' upwards of two hours, at 

 the end of which I had reached the Yeavering side of the 

 wood, I lighted on a small patch of C Boeniii7iyhauseniana, 

 growing under exactly similar conditions as those prevailing at 

 the former station. The presence of sheep upon the hillside 

 had rendered the plants less perfect, as the bracts were in 

 most cases nibbled away, but in other r-esj)ects the specimens 

 compared favourably with those found in larger quantity on 

 the banks of the Edlingham burn. They were, indeed, 

 longer in the stem and fuller in the fruit, but this may be 

 accounted for by the lapse of eight weeks from the date of 

 the first disco>'ery of the plant in this district. 



* Ber. Nat. Club, Vol. i., p. 62. 



