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l)ei'iod oi' years. Mcdwujv falcatu is abundant in places on the sandhills, 
and Ambrosia artemisiifoliu persists in scattered localities. Salvia vvr- 
ticillata- and S. virgata were both seen and a long-established mass of 
Ewjyhorbia Esiila. Viola Eesiieaui was in full flower on the sandhdls 
beyond tiie Convalescent Home. 
Almost immediately on arrival at Cockermouth that evening a most 
interesting plant was found — llumejc scutatus, on a wall top near the 
river, and since seen in one or two ))laces in the town. 
Eridaij, 1st Jidg. 
The party left CockermouLli for Butterrnere dale in the morning, 
o.ie half walking along the south side of Crummock Water, through 
Scale Hill Woods, the other going on to Gatesgarth and on to Hay- 
stacks by the Warnscale path, returning to Jiuttermere by the south 
side of the lake. Thalictruin montaniim and T. alpinum were seen in the 
gill by the track, Avith Hub us saxatilis, Galium boreale, Oxyria digyma 
and abundant Alchemilla alpina, but with no sign of the almost mythical 
.1. coitjuncta which was recorded from this area some fifty years ago. 
Glyceria acguatica was seen in AVarnscale Gill and Lobelia Dortmaiina 
was in flower in both Butterrnere and Crummock, while Carex serotiiia 
and lepidocarpa x demissa were collected beside Butterrnere. A 
single meadow behind the Fish Hotel proved rich in species, of 
Euphrasia, producing E. nemorosa, E. borealis, E. montana and E. llost- 
koviana, Avhile E. micrautha was collected near Crummock AVater and 
E. confusa f. albida on Haystacks. Circaea canadensis Avas found in 
Scale Woods, but no true C. alpiiia. 
Saturday, 2nd July. 
The party Avent by bus to Kells, and, under the leadership of the 
Rev. J. H. A^ine Hall Avalked along the northern end of St Bees Head 
to FlesAvick Bay. Perhaps the most interesting plant seen Avas Vida 
sylvatica var. condeiisata , not previously recorded from Cumberland, 
and here groAving on sandstone cliffs near the quarry. Crith- 
muin maritim uin, Limouium binervosutn and Asplenium marinum Avere 
seen at FlesAvick Bay, Avith very luxuriant Samolus Valerandi and 
iJarex exteusa. A particularly fine, blue-leaved fescue, Festuca rubra 
var. pruinosa, Avas abundant on the cliffs, with F. rubra var. glaucescens 
f. puhesvens, and Lemua gibba, neAV to the county, Avas found on drip- 
ping rocks at the entrance to the bay. 
On returning to SandAvith the party Avent on to a tarn near Nether- 
toAvn, along the coast Avhere Oxycoccus macrocarpus, an American 
species of cranberry, was seen in marshy ground beside the tarn. The 
plant Avas first lecorded by Air C. H. Pigott in 1943 and has been re- 
ported from Hampshire and Flintshire, the manner of its arrival here 
being a matter for conjecture. It is growing in association Avith Oxycor- 
cus quadripetalus, Menyanthes trifoliata, Peplis Portula and Glyceria 
fiuitans. The party then continued its rather hazardous Avay by bus, 
reaching Sella Park for a most Avelcome tea. 
