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 γ P. veris. (Cowslip.) Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 271; Eng. Bot. 5; Hook. Fl. Scot. 71; Berwick Flora, 55.

α. In groves and thickets, and on the banks of hedges. Var. I; flowers of a brownish or dusky red. In Felton woods, on the banks of the Coquet, N. In Swansfleld plantations near Alnwick, N. — Bliss Pringle. Near Harperley, D. — John Hogg, Esq. β on the banks of Team near Urpeth, in meadows near Chester-le-street and Lambton, and in Dalton Dene, D. At Snipperley. — Rev. J. Symons. Near Norton and Stockton, D. — John Hogg, Esq. In Hulne woods, near Alnwick, N. Mr. J. Davison. Var. I; flowers tinged with red. In meadows near Castle Eden Dene, D. γ in meadows and pastures. Var. I; With. ii. 390; Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 271. The outside of the corolla scarlet. Near Brunton Mill, N.

However singular it may appear, yet the experiments of the Hon. and Rev. W. H ERBERT, detailed in the 4th vol. of the Horticultural Transactions, at p. 19, clearly prove the suspicions of L INNAEUS , that the Primrose, Ox-lip, Cowslip, and Polyanthus, were only varieties of the same species, to be well grounded. On this subject, so interesting in a Botanic point of view, Professor H ENSLOW'S paper, published in Loudon's Magazine for September, 1830, throws additional light.

2. P. farinosa. Bird's-eye Primrose.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 272; Eng. Bot. 6; Hook. Lond. t. 133; With. ii. 320; Gr. Fl, Eds. 48; Curt. Fasc. vi. t. 9.

In bogs and wet pastures near Easington, Painsher, Hilton Castle, Castle Eden, East Murton, and Dalton-le-Dale; also near Eglestone, and in Teesdale Forest, D. Near Ovingham, N. Near Durham, Norton, to the west of Stainton, and in Close wood, near Embleton, D. — John Hogg, Esq. This pretty Primula follows the Wear and Tees from the sea-coast to the Sub-Alpine mountains, in which these rivers have their sources.

1. M. trifoliata. Buckbean Marsh-Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 274; Eng. Bot. 495; Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 17; Woodv. t. 2; Hook. Fl. Scot. 71; Berwick Flora, 55.

In marshes and bogs, not rare.

1. V. nymphoeoides. Fringed Water-Lilly.
Vent. Lindley Br. Syn. 180; Hook. Br. Fl. 92; Menyanthes nymphoeides, Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 275; Eng. Bot. 217.

This elegant plant, a native of the Thames, near Hampton Court, Walton, and Windsor, has become naturalized in the ponds at Wallington, N.

1. H. palustris. Feather-foil Water Violet.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 276; Eng. Bot. 364; Curt. Fasc. i. t. 11; With. ii. 322.

At Mainsforth Carr near Rushyford, in a pool below East Boldon, and near Cocken, D. In ditches near Darlington. — Rev. J. Harriman. Also near Norton, D. — John Hogg, Esq.

This plant does not appear in Hooker's Flora Scotica, nor has it been met with north of the Tyne.

1. L. vulgaris. Yellow Loosestrife.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 277; Eng. Bot. 761; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 19; Hook.Fl. Scot. 72; Robson's Fl. 73; Berwick Flora, 56; With. ii. 323.

By the side of a pond at the south-west end of Widehaugh near Dilston, by the road to Hexham, and on the banks of North Tyne at Low Park-end near Nunwick, N. — Wallis i. 157. I have not been able to find it in these localities. At Sow-mire near Swinton, Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston. By the Drop-well on the banks of Skerne near Darlington, where it was noticed by S. Robson. — Rev. John Harriman, from whom I have specimens.

2. L. punctata. Four-leaved Loose-strife.
Hook. Brit. Fl. 88; Jacq. Aust. iv. 366.

"I have gathered this plant twenty-five years ago on the banks of the Skerne, in abundance; the plant grew both above and below the Railway-bridge. A botanist from Richmond of the name of W ARD gathered it three or four years since in the same situation." — Mr. Backhouse, MSS.

3. L. nemorum. Wood Loosestrife, Yellow Pimpernel.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 278; Eng. Bot. 527; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 18; Hook. Fl. Scot. 72; Berwick Flora, 56.

In moist woods, and on bogs.

4. L. Nummularia. Creeping Loosestrife, Money-wort, Herb Twopence.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 279; Eng. Bot. 528; Curt. Fasc. iii. t. 14; Hook. Fl. Scot. 72; With. ii. 325.

On Hebburn ballast hills, D. St. Anthon's ballast hills, N.

1. A. arvensis. Scarlet Pimpernel.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 280; Eng. Bot. 529; Curt. Fasc. i. t. 12; Hook. Fl. Scot. 72; Berwick Flora, 56.

β A. coerulea. (Blue Pimpernel.)
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 280; Eng. Bot. 1823; Hook. Fl. Scot. 72; A. arvensis, γ Sm. Fl. Brit. 230; With. ii. 325, var. 2d.

α. In fallow fields, but not very frequent in the north. β on Hebburn and Sunderland ballast hills, D. Near Mitford on the Wansbeck, N.— Capt. Mitford. In the corn fields about Alnwick, sparingly. — Wallis, i. 207. Two miles west of Norton among tares and beans, D. — J. Hogg, Esq.

In a communication to Loudon's Magazine, for November, 1830, p. 537, Professor H ENSLOW observes, "that he received last year from the Rev. E. W ILSON some specimens and seeds of Anagallis coerulea, gathered in Yorkshire; from these seeds he raised a dozen plants, nine of which had blue flowers, and three red." This experiment proves Anagallis arvensis and Anagallis coerulea, to be merely varieties of the same species.

2. A. tenella. Bog Pimpernel.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 281; Eng. Bot. 530; Curt. Fasc. iii. t. 15; Hook. Fl. Scot. 73; With. ii. 326; Berwick Flora, 57; Gr. Fl. Eds. 49.

In bogs near Urpeth, and at Kyo Heugh, also in Ryhope Dene, D. On wet ground by the Tees near Eglestone. — Rev. J. Harriman. Between Darlington and Haughton, and by the Link House near Hartlepool, D. — Mr. Backhouse. On the north side of the streamlet by Acomb smelting mill near VOL. II. E