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Rh 2. V. cracca, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent in meadows and hedges, ascending Teesdale to Langdon Bridge, 400 yards, and in the Derwent district, nearly to the source of the Knucton Burn, 466 yards.

3. V. sativa, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

The typical plant is known in cultivation only, up to 300 yards in Teesdale, and 450 yards in Allendale. The var. segetalis is not unfrequent as a weed of cultivated ground, and the var. Bolartii is truly wild in grassy places.

4. V. lathyroides, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Amongst the porphyritic debris by the stream-side at Alwinton, 150 yards (Prof. Oliver). On the basalt at Ratcheugh, Howick, Belford, Spindlestone, Holy Island, &c. Edge of fields near Cullercoats (R. B. Bowman!). Salt Meadows below Gateshead (F!). Near the Gaunless in Auckland Park (Miss Wharton). The plant gathered at Westoe was V. Bobartii.

5. V. sepium, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common in grassy places, ascending to 350 yards in Dunsdale, 550 yards in Harwood Dale, and nearly as high in Allendale.

6. V. hirsuta, Koch. Colonist. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Common as a weed in cultivated ground.

7. V. tetrasperma, Koch. Colonist. English type. Area N, D. Range 1.

In similar situations to the last but less frequent, and not noted in Cheviot-land.