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Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, &c. =====3. E. parviflorum. Small-flowered hoary Willow-herb.===== Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 214; Eng. Bot. 795; Hook. Fl. Scot. 117; Gr. Fl. Eds. 86; Berwick Flora, 86; E. villosum, Curt. Fasc. ii. t. 22; E. hirsutum, Hudson, 161.

In watery places, and on the banks of rivers.

4. E. montanum. Broad smooth-leaved Willow-herb.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 214; Eng. Bot. 1177; Hook. Fl. Scot. 117; Curt. Fasc. iii. t. 24; Berwick Flora, 87.

In dry, stony, and rocky places, and on old walls, frequent.

5. E. tetragonum. Square-stalked Willow-herb.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 215; Eng. Bot. 1948; Curt. Fasc. ii. t. 23; Hook. Fl. Scot. 117; Berwick Flora, 87.

In watery places, not uncommon.

6. E. palustre. Round-stalked Marsh Willow-herb.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 216; Eng. Bot. 346; Berwick Flora, 87; Hook. Fl. Scot. 117; β lapponicum, Wahl. Fl. Eapp. 25; Linn. Lapp. N. 149.

α By ditches and on boggy ground; β by rivulets near Wolsingham, D. On Cheviot, N.

7. E. alsinifolium. Chick-weed-leaved Willow-herb.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 216 Eng. Bot. 2000; With. ii. 492; Berwick Flora, 87; Villars Dauph. iii. 511; Hook. Fl. Scot. 117; Northumberland and Durham Guide, i. 36 and ii. preiace 4; E. origanifolium, Lam. and De Cand. iv. 424; Turner and Dillwyn's Guide, see note v. ii. p. 471.

In a rivulet near the summit of Cheviot, N. — July 22, 1804. On Cronkley Fell, Teesdale.

8. E. alpinum. Alpine Willow-herb.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 217; Eng. Bot. 2001; Lightfoot, 199; t. 10, f. 1; With. ii. 491.

Near the Cauldron Snout in Teesdale, D. — W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. The only English locality Curtis's station at the head of Long-sleddale, Westmor- land, is occupied by Epilobium alsinifolium, as proved by specimens gathered there by Mr. Joseph Woods.

1. C. perfoliate. Perfoliate Yellow-wort.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 218; Hook. Lond. t. 2; Eng. Bot. 60; With. ii. 494.

In dry hilly pastures about a quarter of a mile west of Honeycleugh Crag, near Chester Wood, and Whinetly, on South Tyne, N. — Wallis, 217.

No other botanist has been so fortunate as to find this elegant plant in Northumberland or Durham.

1. V. Myrtillus. Bilberry or Bleaberry.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 219; Eng. Bot. 456; Hook. Fl. Scot. 118; Berwick Flora, 87. On heaths and in woods, not rare. Meaton Dene, near Newcastle, N.

2. V. uliginosum. Great Bilberry.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 220; Eng. Bot. 581; Hook. Fl. Scot. 118; With. ii. 496.

Near Wardrew, and on the north side of Wall-town Crags, N. Near an ancient camp on the south banks of Tyne, opposite Lambley, N— W.C. Trevelyan, Esq. In bogs at Moor-rigs, near Middleton-in- Teesdale, D. — Mr. James Backhouse. On Meldon Fell, Teesdale. — Rev. J. Harriman. In the Duke of Portland's wood, called East Common Wood, near Hexham, N Wallis, 147. I could never find it there.

3. V. Vitis-Idaea. Red Whortle-berry, Cow-berry.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 220; Eng. Bot. 598; Gr. Fl. Eds. 87; With. ii. 490; Berwick Flora, 88.

On tufty heaths at Butsfield, Stanhope in Weardale, and in Teesdale Forest; in woods at Witton-le-Wear, and Howns near Medomsley; and on the heath at the source of a Roman aqueduct west of Woodland, near Butsfield, D. On Cheviot and Hedgehope; also in Allendale; in the wood at Roadley, and on the moors near Wallington; in East Common Wood, and on the banks at West Dipton, near Hexham, N. On rocks at Long Crag, near Watling-street, by the road to Thockrington from Gunnerton; also on the moor edge near Diligate Hall, N — Wallis, 147. On the hill at Hepburn near Chillingham, N. Dr. G. Johnston.

An indifferent substitute for the Cranberry.

4. V. Oxycoccus. Cranberry.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 221; Eng. Bot. 319; Gr. Fl. Eds. 87; "With. ii. 497; Berwick Flora, 88.

On the Beamish, Urpeth, Weardale, and Teesdale moors, D. On Framwellgate Carr, near Durham. — J. Hogg, Esq. On mosses north of Gunnerton Crags. — Mr. F. Scott. On moors between Belford and Wooler, N. — Thompson's Berwick Plants. On the Wallington moors, the Muckle Moss, Blanchland moors, and the heath at Prestwick Carr, N.

1. C. vulgaris. Common Ling.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 225; Hook. Fl. Scot. 119; Berwick Flora, 88; Erica vulgaris, Eng. Bot. 1013; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 30.

β flore albo. α On dry moors if the soil be not calcareous, and occasionally in denes and woods; β on the Teesdale and Wallington moors, D. and N.

1. E. Tetralix. Cross-leaved Heath, Heather.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 226; Eng. Bot. 1014; Berwick Flora, 89; Curt. Fasc. i. t. 21; Hook. Fl. Scot. 119.

β flore albo.

α on boggy heaths; β on the Wallington moors, N. — W. C. Trevelyan, Esq.

2. E. cinerea. Fine-leaved Heath, Heather.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 226; Eng. Bot. 1015; Berwick Flora, 89; Curt. Fasc. ii. t. 25; Hook. Fl. Scot. 119.

β flore albo.

α On wet turfy moors; β at Cow-close near Cockfield, D.— Mr. J. Backhouse.

1. D. Mezereum, Common Mezereon, Spurge-olive.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 228; Eng. Bot. 1381; Woodv. t. 23; With. ii. 503.

Naturalized in a wood among the Tunstal hills, south of Sunderland, D. — Mr. T. Robson.

2. D. Laurcola. Spurge-laurel.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 229; Eng. Bot. 119; Hook. Fl. Scot. 119; Gr. Fl. Eds. 88; With. ii. 504; Berwick Flora, 90. VOL. II. H