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Mr. W INCH 's Flora of Northumberland, &c. α In corn fields, frequent; β on the sea coast south of Sunderland, D. — Mr. Backhouse.

2. S. nodosa. Knotted Spurrey.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 338; Eng. Bot. 694; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 34; Hook. Fl. Scot. 145; With. ii. 576; Berwick Flora, 102.

In bogs near Urpeth, near Fulwell-gate, and at Allansford, D. At Prestwick Carr, and Willington Quay, on the links at Bamborough, and by the Lough at Holy Island, N. At the east end of Bromley Lake, N. — Wallis, 214. On Goswick Links, N.—Dr. Thompson.

3. S. subulata. Fringed All-shaped Spurrey.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 339; Eng. Bot. 1082; With. ii. 576; Berwick Flora, 103; Hook. Fl. Scot. 145; S. laricina, Lightfoot, 244; Hudson, 203; S. saginoides, Curt. Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 35.

On Spindlestone and Easington rocks, N.—Dr. G. Johnston. On Whinneyfield Bank by Cullercoats near Tynemouth, N.—Lawson, Dill. Ray's Syn. 345.

1. A. europaeum. Common Asarabacca.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 342; Eng. Bot. 1083; Woodv. t. 86; Hook. Fl. Scot. 146.

At Middleton, near Alnwick, N. — Miss Forster, delin.

Probably not originally indigenous.

1. L. Salicaria. Spiked Purple Loosestrife.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 343; Eng. Bot. 1061; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 28; Hook. Fl. Scot. 147; Berwick Flora, 105.

On the banks of rivers and streams, by no means rare, N. and D. In the mill race in Heaton Dene, below Sandyford, N. On the banks of Tweed above Norham. —Dr. G. Johnston.

1. A. Eupatoria. Common Agrimony.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 346; Eng. Bot. l335; Woodv. Sup. t. 258; Curt. Lond. Fasc. v. t. 32; Hook. Fl. Scot. 147; Berwick Flora, 105.

In meadows, and on the borders of corn fields, but not very common.

1. R. Luteola. Dyer's-weed, Yellow-weed, or Weld.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 347; Eng. Bot. 320; Hook. Fl. Scot. 147; Berwick Flora, 105; AVith. ii. 585.

On the banks of hedges, and the rubbish about old coal pits, frequent.

2. R. lutea. Wild Mignonette, or Base Rocket.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 348; Eng. Bot. 321; With. ii. 586; Gr. Fl. Eds. 105.

β Dill. Ray's Syn. 366.

α At the Salt Meadows below Gateshead, and between South Shields, and Monkwearmouth, D. By road sides near Hartley, Cullercoats, and Tynemouth, N. β on the ballast hills of Tyne and Wear, N. and D.

1. S. tectorum. Common Houseleek.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 350; Eng. Bot. 1320; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 29; Hook. Fl. Scot. 149; Berwick Flora, 106.

On walls and cottage roofs.

1. P. Padus. Bird Cherry.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 354; Eng. Bot. 1383; With. iii. 598; Gr. Fl. Eds. 137; Berwick Flora, 108.

In woods and hedges, frequent. In woods about Hound Wood and Benton Inn, N. —Dr. G. Johnston.

2. P. Cerasus. Wild Cherry-tree.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 354; Eng. Bot. 706; Berwick Flora, 109; Gr. Fl. Eds. 108; With. iii. 599.

γ Ray's Syn. 2nd ed., 302.

δ P. avium. With. iii. 600.

α In woods and hedges, N. and D. Near Flemington, N. — Dr. G. Johnston, γ on the banks of Tees about Barnardcastle. — Johnson in Ray. At Chowden, near Gateshead Fell, D. δ in woods about Darlington, D. — Rev. J. Symons.

3. P. domestica. Wild Plumb-tree.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 355; Eng. Bot. 1783; Woodv. t. 85; Gr. Fl. Eds. 108; With. ii. 600.

In hedges near Morpeth and Alnwick, N. In the neighbourhood of Urpeth, D. Near Witton Gilbert, D. — Rev. J. Symons.

Probably not originally indigenous in the north of England.

4. P. insititia. Wild Bullace-tree.
Sm. Eng, Fl. ii. 356; Eng. Bot. 841; With. iii. 600; Gr. Fl. Eds. 108.

In Ryehope Dene, and in hedges between Durham and Chester-le-Street, D.

5. P. spinosa. Sloe-tree, Black-thorn.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 357; Eng. Bot. 842; Woodv. t. 84; Hook. Fl. Scot. 151; Berwick Flora, 109.

In hedges and thickets.

1. M. Oxyacantha. Hawthorn, White-thorn, May.
Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 359; Eng. Bot. 2504; Berwick Flora, 109; Crataegus Oxyacantha, Hook. Fl. Scot. 151; Crataegus monogyna. Sibth. 156.

In woods and hedges, everywhere.