50 FLORA OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. 



174*. Spergularia rubra, Fenzl. (Red Sandwort). Native. 

 British type. Range 1. Sandy soil. Rare. 



C. Hensingham. — (Whitehaven Cat.) Foot of walls round 

 Penrith Beacon, 250-300 yards. — (B.) 



W. Sandy ground on Common Holme Bridge, above Clib- 

 burn. — (B.) Quarry near Clibburn railway station. — (W. 

 Hodgson.) 



L. Cartmel, in fields near the sea.— (Aiton.) (The other 

 species probably intended here.) 



178. Arenaria serpyllifolia, L. (Thyme-leaved Sandwort). 

 Native. British type. Range 1-2. Walls and dry rocks. 

 Frequent. Ascends to 300 yards on the limestone cliffs 

 of Shap Common (B.) ; to 500 yards (Watson). 



Var. leptoclados. On the limestone of Humphrey Head. — 

 (Miss Hodgson !) 



180. Arenaria verna, L. (Vernal Sandwort). Native. Scot- 

 tish type. Range 1-3. Rocky and grassy places amongst the 

 hills ; not so common in the Lakes as in the lead districts of 

 Durham and Yorkshire. 



No record for Cumberland. 



W. Fairfield, and rocks above Red Tarn, Helvellyn, up to 

 800 yards.- — (W. Foggitt, B.) Bleawater, at the head of Mar- 

 dale. — (Watson.) Limestone hills south of Kendal. First 

 recorded by Hudson as Arenaria saxatilis, and afterwards as 

 A. laricifolia. Roadside near Arnside Tower. — (B.) Farleton 

 Knot, and hill between Witherslack and the Winster Valley. 

 -(B.) 



L. With double flowers on Hampsfield Fell, Cartmel, 400 

 feet. — (Miss Hodgson.) Limestone banks between Grange 

 and Lindale. — (B.) 



182. Arenaria trinervis, L. (Plaintain-leaved Chickweed or 

 Sandwort). Native. British type. Range 1. Hedge-banks 

 and thickets. Frequent. 



