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 =====2. V. nigrum. Dark, or Black Mullein.===== Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 311; Eng. Bot. 59; Curt. Fasc. ii. t. 103; Hook. Fl. Scot. 73; Gr. Fl. Eds. 53; With. ii. 342; Berwick Flora, 59.

On the ballast-hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D. — Naturalized on waste ground at Ord, near Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston.

1. D. Stramonium. Thorn-apple.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 314; Eng. Bot. 1288; Curt. Fasc. vi. t. 17; Woodv. t. 124; With.ii. 344.

On the Ballast-hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D. Near Darlington. — Mr. Backhouse. Durham and Norton, D. — J. Hogg, Esq.

A naturalized exotic, and not mentioned in the Flora Scotica by Hooker.

1. H. niger. Common Henbane.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 315; Eng. Bot. 591; Woodv. t. 52; Hook. Fl. Scot. 78; Berwick Flora, 60; Gr. Fl. Eds. 53.

On sandy waste ground, particularly near the sea coast.

Hyoscyamus albus, is admitted by Withering into his Arrangement, in consequence of specimens having been gathered on the Sunderland Ballast. hills, by Mr. E. Robson; upon similar grounds Hyoscyamus aureus, and fifty other exotics, might have been inserted in this catalogue.

1. A. Belladonna. Dwale, or Deadly Nightshade.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 316; Eng. Bot. 592; Woodv. t. 1; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 16; Hook. Fl. Scot. 78; Gr. Fl. Eds. 53; With. ii. 346; Berwick Flora, 60.

By the Waggon-way side, between Walbottle and Newburn, and on the banks of Wooler Water, N. On the banks of Wear, near Durham Abbey, below Mr. Fox's garden, where it was observed by Mr. S. Robson. See Fl. p. 75. Near Pierce-bridge. — Mr. E. Robson; and near the Old Mill, in the parish of Conniscliff, D. — Rev. J. Harriman.

1. S. Dulcamara. Woody Nightshade, Bitter-sweet.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 317; Eng. Bot. 365; Curt. Fasc. i. t. 14; Woodv. t. 33; Hook. Fl. Scot. 79; Berwick Flora, 60; Gr. Fl. Eds. 54.

In hedges and woods, but not very common.

2. S. nigrum. Common or Garden Nightshade.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 318; Eng. Bot. 566; Curt. Fasc. ii. t. 14; Woodv. t. 226; Hook. Fl. Scot. 79.

On the Ballast-hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D. Near Chester-le- Street, D. Between Shincliffe and Durham.—J. Hogg, Esq. Rare in the north of England.

1. E. Centaurium. Common Centaury.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 320; Hook. Fl. Scot. 79; Gr. Fl. Eds. 54; Berwick Flora, 61; Chironia Centaurium, Curt. Fasc. iv. 22; Woodv. t. 157.

β E. latifolia, Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 321; Hook. Br. Fl. 93.

α On barren pastures, heaths, and the sea coast. β on the Links between Marsdon Hall and South Shields, D. Near Cullercoats, N.

2. E. littoralis. Dwarf-tufted Centaury.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 320; Hook. Fl. Scot. 80; Berwick Flora, 61; Gr. Fl. Eds. 54; Chironia littoralis, Turner and Dillwyn's Guide, 469; Northumberland and Durham Guide, vol. i. No. 223, and v. ii. preface, iii; With. ii. 350. Centaurea maritima florum laciniis obtusis.—Linnaei Spolia Botanica, t. 3. f. 3. MSS., 1729.

On the Links south of Bamborough Castle, and on Holy Island, N.— July the 19th and 20th, 1804.

On the Links at Holy Island I have noticed thousands of the Dwarf Centaury, without finding one plant approximating in the shape of its leaves to the Common Centaury, even whose variety β, the Broad leaved Centaury of Smith, still retains its elliptical leaves on our sea beach; those of Erythraea littoralis, on the other hand, are with us invariably linear, but obtuse. Still cultivation alone can determine whether it should rank as a species. The rough sketch above quoted, drawn by the pen of Linnaeus, is very characteristic.

1. S. Valerandi. Brookweed, Water Pimpernel.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 323; Eng. Bot. 703; Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 20; Hook. Fl. Scot. 80; Gr. Fl. Eds. 55; Br. Prod. 428; Pursh. 158; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 927; With. ii. 337; Berwick Flora, 62.

In bogs at Willington Quay, and Prestwick Carr, on the coast at Holy Island, near the Snook, and on the beach at Bamborough, N. In the marsh below Southwick, and on the coast between Sunderland and Ryhope, also near Hartlepool, and Castle Eden, D. About Darlington. — S. Robson. See Flora, p. 72. Near Norton, and on the sea banks near Blackwell Halls, D.- J. Hogg, Esq.

A very widely disseminated plant, appearing to be indigenous in the four quarters of the globe, and found even in Australia.

1. L. Periclymenum. Common Honeysuckle, or Woodbine.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 326; Eng. Bot. 800; Curt. Fasc. i. t. 15; Hook. Fl. Scot. 80; Berwick Flora, 62.

In woods and hedges, common.

2. L. Xylosteum. Upright Honeysuckle.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 326; Eng. Bot. 916; With. ii. 338; Hook. Br. Fl. 103.===== Naturalized in hedges by the turnpike road, south of Alnwick, also in the wood called the Stocking, N. On the rocks under the Roman wall, on the west side of Shewing Shields, and by Crag Lake. — Wallis, North, i. 149. Stunted plants of the common Woodbine, grow in these two localities.

1. R. catharticus. Buckthorn.
Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 327; Eng. Bot. 1629; Hook. Fl. Scot. 80; Woodv. t. 114; With. ii. 351.

In Ryhope dene, D. — W. Weighell's Herb.