Page:Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1838 Vol.2.djvu/22

 α On hedge banks, and in woods, frequent. β on walls and basaltic rocks, frequent.

5. M. versicolor. Yellow and blue Scorpion-grass.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 253; Eng. Bot. 2558 and 480, f. i.; Hook. Fl. Scot. 67; Berwick Flora, 52.

On walls, and in fields near Newcastle, but not common. On Cloudy crags near Alnwick, N. — Mr. J. Davison.

1. L. officinale. Common Gromwell, Grey Mill, Grey Miller.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 254; Eng. Bot. 134; Hook. Fl. Scot. 68; With. ii. 308.

In Castle Eden and Hawthorn Dene, and Hilton woods, on the Magnesian Limestone, D.

2. L. arvense. Corn Gromwell, Bastard Alkanet.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 255; Eng. Bot. 123; Hook. Fl. Scot. 68.

In corn fields, frequent.

Linnaeus remarks, that the girls of the north of Europe paint their faces with the juice of the root, upon days of festivity.

3. L. maritimum. Sea Gromwell.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 256; Hook. Fl. Scot. 68; Gr. Fl. Eds. 44; Pulmonaria maritima, Eng. Bot. 368; Curt. Fasc. vi. t. 18.

At Scremmerston Mill, between the Salt Pans and Berwick. — Lawson. Dill, Ray's Syn. 228.

This elegant plant has not been observed on the coast of Northumberland for many years past. On the shores of Cumberland and Wales, it is by no means rare, and I have specimens from Fifeshire.

1. A. officinalis. Common Alkanet.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 258; Eng. Bot. 662; With. ii. 310.

Naturalized on the links near Hartley Pans, N. Brought here in ballast from the Continent.

2. A. sempervirens. Evergreen Alkanet.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 258; Eng. Bot. 45; With. ii. 310; Berwick Flora, 53; Hook. Lond. t. 94; Fl. Scot. 68.

Naturalized near Berwick, in a hedge behind Ramsay's barn — Dr.Thompson. Near the Grieve's House. — Dr. G. Johnston.

1. C. officinale. Common Hound's-tongue.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 260; Eng. Bot. 921; Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 16; Hook. Fl. Scot. 69; Berwick Flora, 53.

By road sides and on rubbish, particularly near the coast, but by no means common, N. and D. On the links at Scremmerston and Holy Island, N. — Dr. G. Johnston.

1. P. officinalis. Common Lung-wort.
Sm. Eng. Fl. 261; Eng. Bot. 118; With. ii. 312; Gr. PI. Eds. 46.

In Cliff Wood, six miles west of Darlington, D. — Mr. E. Robson. Near the gate of the Slocking, in the neighbourhood of Alnwick, N. — Miss Pringle, Sp. In a wood near Howick. — Rev. J. Dodd. Probably naturalized in all these habitats.

1. S. officinale. Common Comfrey.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 263; Eng. Bot. 817; Curt. Fasc. iv. 18; Hook. Fl. Scot. 69.

β S. patens, Sib. Fl. Ox. 70; With. ii. 315.

On the banks of Pont near Ponteland, in lanes at Benwell; and in Wall's End Dene, N. By hedges between South Shields and Jarrow, D. At Polam, near Darlington, D. — Mr. J. Backhouse. β On the banks of Pont, near Ponteland, N.

2. S. tuberosum. Tuberous-rooted Comfrey.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 263; Eng. Bot. 1502; Lightfoot, 1091; Gr. Fl. Eds. 46; With. ii. 315; Hook. Brit. Fl. 81.

Durham. — Mr. E. Robson, in Hooker's Flora. By the side of the Whiteadder, half-way between its mouth and the bridge within Berwick bounds.— Dr. G. Johnston.

1. B. officinalis. Common Borage.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 264; Eng. Bot. 36; With. ii. 315; Hook. Fl. Scot. 70; Berwick Flora, 53.

Naturalized on the ballast hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D. On the links between Hartlepool and the second wind-mill, D.— John Hogg, Esq. In fields at Hallidon, N.— Mr. A. Baird.

1. A. procumbens. German Mad-wort.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 265; Eng. Bot. 661; Hook. Fl. Scot. 70; Gr. Fl. Eds. 46; Berwick Flora, 54; With. ii. 316.

In the Holy Island, N.— Dill. Ray's Syn. 228. On Bamborough Castle, and on rubbish by the road side below it, N. — Miss Nevison and Miss Forster, Sp.

1. L. arvensis. Small Bugloss.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 267; Eng. Bot. 938; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 7; Hook. Fl. Scot. 70.

In corn-fieids and the links of the sea coast.

1. E. vulgare. Common Blue Viper's Bugloss.
Sm. Eng. Fl i. 268; Eng. Bot. 181; Hook. Fl. Scot. 70; Berwick Flora, 54.

In fields, on waste ground, and on the links on the sea coast, not very frequent.

I have gathered an elegant variety with white flowers, (not noticed by S MITH or W ITHERING ), on the western extremity of Box Hill, Surrey.

2. E. italicum. White Viper's Bugloss.
Sm. Fl. Brit. i. 221; Eng. Bot. 2081; With. ii. 371.

On Sunderland ballast hills, D.: at one time far from rare, but imported from the Continent, I make no doubt.

1. P. vulgaris. Primrose.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 270; Eng. Bot. 4; Hook. Fl. Scot. 71; P. acaulis, Curt. Fasc. vi. 16; Berwick Flora, 54.

β P. elatior. (Oxlip.) Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 270; Eng. Bot. 513; With. ii. 319; Hook. Fl. Scot. 71.