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ORDER JASMINACE.E. 



714. Ligmtrum vulgare, L. (Privet). Native. English 

 type. Range 1. Truly wild on the limestone cliffs, as on 

 Arnside Knot and the steep western escarpment of Hum- 

 phrey Head ; ascending with Yew to the limestone pavement 

 of the top of Whitbarrow ; also often planted in hedges, as 

 at Ambleside and Bowness, in the Vale of St. John, at the 

 foot of Ullswater, and at Whitefield House, Overwater. 



715. Fraxinus excelsior, L. (Ash). Native. British type. 

 Range 1. One of the commonest trees of the Lake woods; 

 ascending to 400 yards in Great Langdale, 350 yards on 

 Grisedale Pike and the hills between Rosthwaite and 

 Watendlath. The finest tree I remember stands just within 

 the entrance gate of the grounds of Furness Abbey. 



ORDER APOCYNACEyE. 



Vinca minor, L. (Periwinkle). Alien. Frequent in parks 

 and near gardens, as for instance at Coniston Water-head and 

 just north of Newby Bridge. 



ORDER GENTIANACEyE. 



Gentiana verna, L. 



C. Till lately on Egremont Green. — (W. Dickinson.) 

 L. Has been found amongst the hills in the north of 

 Furness. — (Aiton.) Probably a misnomer in both instances. 



7 T9. Gentiana Pneumonanthe, L. (Heath Gentian). Native. 

 English type. Range 1. Damp heaths. Very rare; probably 

 now extinct. 



