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11 June. Orchis purpurella and hybrids ivith 0. ericetoruvi were seen, 
and by the roadside near Newshain cross roads Salix pentcuidra X 
fragilis (xS. Meijeriana), S. nigricans, S. atrocinerea x nigricans and 
'S'. Caprea x nigricans (xS. lati folia) were collected. From Greyistoke 
:tbe party continued by bus to Caldbeck for tea, afterwards visiting 
:tbe old church and investigating the river, before returning to Carlisle. 
WVednesd^y, June 29th. 
, The party left Carlisle by bus and car for Muckle Moss and Crag 
I Lough, in Northumberland (v.-c. 67). At Muckle Moss, which lies two 
i.iiiiies south-east of Crag Lough, led by Mr Temperley and Mr Cooke, 
Lhe party explored this very famous north-country moss. Andromeda 
Volifolia and Oxycoccus guadripetalus , though past flowering, were seen 
in considerable quantity, with Uhynchospora alba and the very rare 
Carex paupercula, a plant which was new to the British flora when 
originally discovered there. The partj^ then went on to explore Crag 
Lough. On the basaltic crag above the Lough, Lycopodium Selago and 
Cryptogramma crispa were seen, with Helianthemum Ghamaecistus car- 
peting the top of the Wall itself. Hippuris vulgaris was growing in 
.abundance at the margins of the Lough, with Equisetum fluviatile, and 
tthe following species of Potamogeton were collected; — F. lucens, P. 
gramineus, P. alpinus, P. praelongus, P. obtusifolius and P. pectinatus. 
I On the return journey, a short visit was made to the limestone rocks 
of the River Irthing above the Spa Hotel, Gilsland, to see Saxifraga 
'lizoides in one of its very few Pennine stations, with Asplenium viride 
and Equisetum variegatum. Chara aspera var. subinermis was found 
lin the river, and in the woods below the Hotel Melica nutans and 
'Circaea canadensis were seen. From Gilsland the party went on to 
tthe Bridge Inn at Lanercost, where a delightful and much-needed tea 
was waiting. 
Thursday, 30th June. 
On this day the remainder of the party transferred its headquar- 
iters from Carlisle to Cockerniouth, visiting Grime Point, Skinburness 
land the Silloth docks and sandhills en route. On arriving at Skin- 
burness the party broke up and worked its wa}' by the sandy shore round 
the Point, returning by the marsh. Brassicella monensis was abundant 
land llosa spinosissima, which is very fine here, was unfortunatelj' past 
flowering. Galystegia Soldanella, of rather rare occurrence on this 
part of the coast, was seen, with Euphorbia Paralias, Polygonum Eaii 
land ParaphoUs strigosus (“Tvepturus filiformis”). After a picnic lunch 
con Grune Point, the party went on to Silloth and explored the docks and 
sandhills there. Before the war, when grain was imported from the 
'Mediterranean and N. America, and ballast frequently deposited near 
•the docks, a considerable and ever changing population of alien species 
was to be found. The import of grain has ceased, however, and there 
are left only those species which have established themselves over a 
