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ORDER II. BERBERIDE^. 
1. BERBERIS. 
1. B. VULGARIS. Barberry. May — June. ^2 
In hedges and thickets. Hob moor and Acomh, near York. Fair- 
bourn, near Ferrybridge. On the ruins of St. Agatha’s Abbey, near 
Richmond. In the hedges, near Leckby carr. Near Pontefract. 
In Kelcow wood, near Settle. Conishro’, and other places, near 
Doncaster. 
The larva of Anticlea Berber ata (the Cloaked Carpet,) feeds on this shrub. 
2. EPIMEDIUM. 
1. E. ALPiNUM. Barrenwort. May. % 
This plant has (if any) a very doubtful claim to that of a Yorkshire species; it was observed by the late 
Dr. Richardson in Bingley woods, where it is said to have been planted for the purpose of imposing on 
that gentleman, and where it is not now to be found. We have noticed it at Londesbro’, certainly not 
wild. 
ORDER III. nympha:acea:. 
1. NYMPH^A. 
1. N. ALBA. White Water-lily. June — July. Ij. 
In slow rivers. In the Foss at York. In the Derwent. In a pond 
at Middleton Lodge. In ponds at Hildenley, and several other 
places, near Malton. 
The larva of Hydrocampa Potamogeta (the Brown China Mark) feeds on both the species. 
Sir J. E. Smith says, “The sinking of the flowers under water at night having been doubted, I have 
been careful to verify it in this species. The stimulus of light, which indeed acts evidently on many other 
blossoms and leaves, expands and raises, with peculiar force, these splendid white flowers, that the pollen 
may reach the stigma uninjured ; and when that stimulus ceases to act, they close again, drooping by their 
own weight, to a certain depth. The still more ponderous fruit finally sinks to the bottom.” The following 
lines are so descriptive of this ‘ stately river Queen,’ that I may perhaps be excused for introducing them 
here. 
Oh ! beautiful thou art. 
Thou sculpture-like and stately river Queen. 
Crowning the depths, as with the light sei’ene 
Of a pure heart. 
Bright lily of the wave ! 
Rising in peerless grace with every swell. 
Thou seem’st as if a spirit meekly brave 
Dwelt in thy cell ! 
Lifting alike thy head 
Of placid beauty, feminine yet free. 
Whether with foam or pictured azure spread 
The waters be. 
What is like thee, fair flower. 
The gentle and the firm ? thus bearing up 
To the blue sky that alabaster cup. 
As to the shower ? 
