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Myrica Gale L. 1864. Bot. Chron., 74. Plentiful near the 

 Little Tarn, C. J. Ashfield. Really almost all round the 

 Little Tarn, and side of the stream from this Tarn, etc. 



Alnus glutinosa Medic. Side of tarn, and round Little Hawes 

 Water. 



Corylus Avellana L. In woods and hedges throughout the 

 district. 



Quercus Robur L. and Fagus sylvatica L. Planted, and as 



seedlings in the woods. 

 Salix pentandra L. Near Silverdale, A. W. 

 Salix fragilis L. Hedge near tarn, etc. The fine S. alba in 



cemetery has been planted there, I am told. 



Salix Caprea L. Eaves Wood, Waterslack Wood, and on the 

 mosses. 



Popu/us tretnula L. Eaves and other woods. 



Juniperus communis L. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Dry hills 



and road-sides, abundant, C. J. Ashfield. 1883. Rep. Bot. 



Rec. Club, 1881-2, p. 248. Lime-hills, Silverdale, A. Wilson. 



Castlebarrow, Trowbarrow, and very fine near ' The Three 



Brothers ' at Warton. 

 Taxus baccata L. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Woods, very plentiful, 



C. J. Ashfield. 1883. Rep. Bot. Rec. Club, 1881-2, p. 249. 



Silverdale, in woods and on the scars, A. Wilson. Eaves 



Wood, Castlebarrow, Trowbarrow. 



Scratiotes Aloides L. Bank Well ; seen there in 1868, J. C. 

 Melvill. 1883. Rep. Bot. Rec. Club, 1881-2, p. 249. 

 Silverdale, introduced? A. Wilson. It may have been, but 

 looks quite settled now. 



Listera ovata R.Br. 1868. Bot. Chron., 75. Woods, abun- 

 dant, C. J. Ashfield. Mr. Wilson writes, 1 frequent,' and so 

 it is, in woods and on road-sides. 



Spiranthes autumnalis Rich. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Dry 

 hilly pastures, frequent, C. J. Ashfield ; and I hear that the 

 Rev. J. A. Barnes saw it on a lawn at Silverdale. 



Epipactis latifoiia All. Woods near Silverdale, frequent, A. W. 

 Eaves Wood and others, occasionally on road-sides. 



Epipactis atro-rubens Schultz. On one of the limestone scars 

 in Silverdale area. Specimens seen by Mr. Arthur Bennett. 

 He tells me it is a new county record, but Mr. A. Wilson 

 found it earlier in an adjacent parish. 



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