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4. G. POLYPHYLLA. B. Near Abbey St. Bathans, Rev. Thos. 

 Brown. Rocks at Dean's-castles ; and abundant on stone walls near 

 the site of St. David's cairn, J. Hardy. — N. On Cheviot. 



5. G. PELLiTA. B. Dykes near Penmanshiel : Coldingham moor, 

 rare, J. Hardy. — N. On Cheviot. 



6. Nephroma resupinata. B. Penmanshiel wood : woods 

 about the Retreat. Head of Dulaw dean : sea-banks between Red- 

 heugh and Dulaw : Cockburnspath Tower dean, J. Hardy. 



7. Peltidea canina. Common. 



8. P. HORizoNTALis. Berwickshire, but I have omitted to at- 

 tach the locality to my specimen. 



9. P. APHTHOSA. B. Near Abbey St. Bathans. 



10. P. spuria. D. On the banks at Hudshead. 



11 . P. RtTFESCENs. On carth-capt dikes in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of Berwick. Ord-fields. 



12. Sticta SCROBICTJLATA. On mossy Tocks in moors ; and on 

 trees in deans, not uncommon. 



13. S. pulmonaria. On the trunks of moss-grown trees. 



J.4. S. FULiGiNOSA. B. Langton-Lees' Cleugh, Rev. Thos. 

 Brown. On the northern exposure of Witchy Cleugh (in Penman- 

 shiel wood) along with S. scrobiculata, J. Hardy. 



15. Parhelia caperata. B. Hairy-heugh crags. Rev. Thos. 

 Brown. 



16. P. conspersa. B. On rocks by burns in the west of Ber- 

 wickshire, not common. Sweet-PIope and Hairy-heugh crags, Rev. 

 Thos. Brown. Rocks at Oldcambus-west-mains ; and on stone walls 

 at Penmanshiel, J. Hardy. 



17. P. saxatilis. Common. S'tontvalo : ^tam^ftag. — It is 

 employed by the poorer people in dyeing stockings and nightcaps of 

 a dirty orange-brown colour. — " Like the feld-elfen of the Saxons, 

 the usual dress of the Fairies is green ; though on the moors, they 

 have been sometimes observed in heath brown, or in weeds dyed with 

 Stontrato or lichen." Minstrel. Scot. Bord. ii. p. 310. 



18. P. OMPHALOBES. Commou. 



19. P. OLIVACEA. On trees, common. 



20. P. pulverulenta. On trunks of trees, common. 



21. P. STELLARis. On trecs, not uncommon. 



22. P. AauiLA. On rocks by the sea along our whole coast, not 

 unfrequent. — B. Rocks at Sweet-Hope ; and Hairy-heugh, Rev. T. 

 Brown. 



23. P. PARiETiNA. Very common. About Wooler children col- 

 lect this yellow lichen at Easter, and dye their pasque eggs with it. 



24. P. PHYSODES. Common. 



