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Polygalaceae.— Poly gala depressa, Irthing bank above Gilsland. 



Caryophyllacese. — Sileiieinflata, bed of the Irthing at Burdoswald, 

 a few -flowered glabrous form. Lychnis vespertina, diiirna, and 

 Flos-cuculi, all three frequent. Cerastium glomeratum, frequent. C. 

 triviale, common. Stellaria nemorum, abundant in the damp woods 

 about the stream in Naworth Park, from the castle all down to the 

 Irthing. S. media, common, both type and var. neglecta. S. Holostea, 

 graminea, and aliginosa, all three common. Arenaria serpyllifolia, 

 on the Roman wall at Burdoswald, the walls of Lanercost Priory, 

 and, the type and var. leptoclados, in sandy fields at Talkin Tarn. 

 Sagina procumbens, common. Spergula arvensis • this, Galeopsis 

 Tetrahit, and Polygonum Persicaria, the three commonest weeds of 

 cultivated ground. 



Portulaceae. — Montia fontana, common in the runnels, both 

 type and var. rivularis. 



Hypericacese. — Hypericum perforatum, only once seen, on the 

 walls of Lanercost Priory. H. dubium, side of the road between 

 Talkin Tarn and Brampton. II. tetrapterum, Jmmifuswn, and 

 pulchrum, frequent. R. hirsutum, wooded banks of the Irthing at 

 Gilsland and Burdoswald. 



Tiliacese. — Tilia intermedia, frequently planted. T. grandifolia, 

 avenue near Naworth Castle, planted. 



Linaceae. — Linum catharticum, frequent in dry grassy places. 



Geraniacese. — Geranium sylvaticum, common in woods and fields 

 by the Irthing from Cromel Linn down to Burdoswald. G. molle 

 and dissectum, frequent. G. Robertianum, woods and hedge -banks, 

 common. Erodium cicutarium, sandy fields at Brampton, the large 

 caulescent form. Oxalis Acetosella, common in all the woods. 



Ilicaeese. — Ilex Aquifolium, wild at Talkin Tarn, etc., but by no 

 means common. 



Aceracese. — Acer Pseudo-platanus, woods and plantations, common, 

 very fine trees near Lanercost Priory, doubtfully native, but 

 copiously self-sown. 



Leguminiferse. — Ulex europceus and Sarothamnus, common. 

 U. Gallii, abundant below Talkin Tarn, seen also in Naworth Park 

 and on the edge of the moor at Banks and Burdoswald. Ononis 

 arvensis, north bank of the Irthing beneath Burdoswald. Anthyllis 

 vulneraria, sandy field east of Talkin Tarn. Medicago lupulina, 

 frequent. lYifolium pratense, medium, repens, procumbens, and minus, 

 all frequent. Lotus corniculatus, common in the meadows. Z. major, 

 common in damp meadows. Vicia Cracca, V. sepmm, and Lathyrus 

 pratensis, all three frequent. 



Nov. 1886. 



