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BAKER : CUMBERLAND BOTANY. 



Crossfell. A viviparous form of A. vulgaris occurs. A. nigra^ common 

 by road-sides. A. puinila, very characteristic at the east end of the 

 Crossfell ridge, near the Cashwell lead-mine. Deschampsia coespitosa 

 and D.flexiiosa^ common up to the Crossfell ridge. Holcus lanatus and 

 //. mollis^ common up to 500 Or 5 50 yds. Trisetiun Jlavescens, main lime- 

 stone of Hartside Fell, 600 yds. Avena pratensis^ limestone rocks 

 at Ashgill Force and by the Nent below Nenthead, 400 yds. 

 ArrJieiiatJieriun, common up to 400 yds. Triodia decumbens^ Upper 

 Nent Force. Sesleria cceridea^ main-limestone cliffs over Tynehead, 

 550 yds. Cynosuriis, common up to 500 yds. MoH/iia, heaths up 

 to 550 yds. in the Ashgill plantations. Melica unifiora^ Lower Nent 

 Force and the Glen waterfall. Dactylis, pastures up to 500 yds. over 

 Garrigill ; a viviparous form near the Alston cemetery. Briza 

 media, common up to the main -limestone rocks over Tynehead, 

 550 yds. Foa annua and P. praiensis, common up to the Crossfell 

 ridge. P. triviaiis, frequent. P. ?ienwralis, Lower Nent Force and 

 Ashgill Force, 400 yds. Glyccria fluitans, swamps up to 600 yds. 

 over Nenthead. G. plicata, Tyne-side above Alston. Pestiica ovinia 

 and F. duriuscula, common up to the Crossfell ridge. F. pratensis, 

 common up to 500 yds. over Garrigill. F. arundinacea, up to 500 yds. 

 ascending Hartside. Bromus giganteus and B. asper, woods in both 

 valleys up to 400 yds. Brachypodiu?n sylvaticum, Lower Nent Force. 

 Lolium pereiL7ie, common up to 500 yds." ascending Hartside. 

 Agropyruni caninum, frequent in the limestone woods up to Ashgill, 

 400 yds. A. repens, common up to 500 yds. on a garden -wall at 

 Nenthead. Nardus, common up to the Crossfell ridge. 



Filices. — Pteris, common up to 500 yds. Cryptogramme^ 

 plentiful on the gritstone rocks of the Crossfell ridge. Loniaria, 

 heaths up to 500 yds. Aspleniu?n Adiantum-nigruni, shown to me by 

 Mr. Richardson, from Ashgill. A. viride, frequent on the limestone 

 cliffs up to 550 yds. over Tynehead. A. Trichomanes and A. Ruta- 

 muraria, walls at Alston. Athyrium, common up to the gritstone 

 rocks of the Crossfell ridge. Scolopendriiun, limestone rocks, rare- 

 Cystopteris fragilis, common on limestone rocks up to 550 yds. over 

 Tynehead. Polystichum lobaium, Ashgill Force and rocks by the 

 Nent below Nenthead, 400 yds. Lastrea Filix-mas and L. dilaiata, 

 common up to 800 yds. on Crossfell, many forms of both species. 

 Polypodiuin vulgare, common up to the main-limestone rocks over 

 Tynehead, 550 yds. P. Dryopteris and P. Phegopteris ascend to the 

 shaly banks of the highest gills of the Tyne, 500 to 600 yds. 

 Ophioglossum vulgatuni, shown me by Mr. Denwood on a grassy 

 bank ascending Hartside from Alston, 500 yds. Bofrychium, Upper 

 Nent Force, and found by Mr. Richardson near Ashgill, 400 yds. 



Naturalist, 



