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Mr. W INCH 's Flora of Northumberland, &c. Tynemouth, Dunstanborough, Holy Island, Budle, Bamborough, Beadnel, and north of Newbiggin, N. At Spittal Point and banks to the southward, also on the links below Scremmerston. — Thompson's Berwick Plants.

1. M. officinalis. Common Melilot.
Hook. Br. Fl. 327; Trifolium officinale, Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 297; Eng. Bot. 1340; Hook. Fl. Scot. 217; With. iii. 846; Berwick Flora, 162.

In corn fields near Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring, Painsher, and Lumley, D. Near Whitley and Seaton, N. On the ballast hills of Tyne and Wear, abundant, N. and D. On the banks of the Wansbeck near Ashington, and near the bathing well at Cornhill, N. — Wallis, 197. On the sea banks near Berwick. — Dr. G. Johnston.

2. M. leucantha. White-flowered Melilot.
Hook. Br. Fl. 327; Trifolium germanicum, Smith in Rees's Cyclop.— See With. iii. 847; M. officinarum germaniae, flore albo. — Tournef. Inst. 407.

On Willington ballast-hills, N. At the Salt Meadows below Gateshead, D. Most probably introduced from the continent with ballast. Linnaeus might be correct in considering it a white-flowered variety of the common Melilot.

1. T.repens. White Trefoil, Dutch Clover.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 299; Eng. Bot. 1769; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 46; Hook. Fl. Scot. 218; Berwick Flora, 162.

In meadows, pastures, and on reclaimed ground upon moors, common.

Variety, with elongated flower-stalks, segments of the calyx leafy, and flowers pale red. Near Westoe and Marsden, D. On Holy Island, N.— Dr. G. Johnston.

2. T. subterraneum. Subterraneous Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fi. iii. 300; Eng. Bot. 1045; Curt. Lond. Fasc. ii. t. 54; With. iii. 848.

On Sunderland ballast-hills, D. W. Weighell's Herb.

3. T. ochroleucum. Sulphur-coloured Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 301; Eng. Bot. 1224; Curt. Lond. Fasc. vi. t. 49; With. iii. 854.

On Sunderland ballast-hills, D W. Weighell's Herb.

4. T. pratense. Common Purple Clover, Honeysuckle Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 302; Eng. Bot. 1770; Hook. Fl. Scot. 218; Berwick Flora, 163.

In meadows and pastures, common.

5. T. medium. Zig-zag Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 202; Eng. Bot. 190; Hook. Fl. Scot. 218; Berwick Flora, 163.

On dry banks and barren places, frequent.

6. T. maritimum. Teasel-headed Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 303; Eng. Bot. 220; Hook. Lond. t. 57; With. iii. 855.

On Willington ballast-hills, N. On Sunderland ballast-hills, D.—W. Weighell's Herb.

7. T. arvense. Hare's-foot Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 305; Eng. Bot. 944; Curt. Lond. Fasc. vi. t. 50; Hook. Fl. Scot. 218; With. iii. 851; Berwick Flora, 164.

On the banks at Friar's Goose near Gateshead, on Fulwell and Tunstall hills near Sunderland, and near Seaton, D. On the bank of Till near Wooler, and near Barwesford, N. Near Bamborough and in the bed of Wooler Water, also on the Heugh at Holy Island, and Chapel Hill near Belford.— Thompson's Berwick Plants. At Ingram, N. — W. C. Trevelyan, Esq.

8. T. scabrum. Rough Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 306; Eng. Bot. 903; Curt. Lond. Fasc. vi. t. 48; Gr. Fl. Eds. 161; With, iii. 849; Berwick Flora, 164.

In Bishopwearmouth Paddock near Sunderland, D. On rocks at Holy Island, N.

9. T. glomeratum. Round-headed Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 307; Eng. Bot. 1063; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 51; With. iii. 849.

On the ballast-hills of Wear, D. — W. Weighell's Herb.

10. T. striatum. Soft-knotted Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 307; Eng. Bot. 1843; With. iii. 850; Gr. Fl. Eds. 161; Berwick Flora, 164.

On banks at Friar's Goose, on hills near Whitburn, Cleadon, and Sunderland, and at Baydales near Darlington, D. On rocks at Holy Island, Dunstanborough and Bamborough, N. On Basaltic heights from Kyloe to Bamborough, N. — Dr. G. Johnston.

11. T.fragiferum. Strawberry- headed Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 308; Eng. Bot. 1050; Curt. Lond. Fasc. ii. t. 55; Gr. Fl. Eds. 1161; With. iii. 856.

On the banks of Halypike Loch, and on the shores of Tyne below Elswick, N. In marshes by the lower part of Tees, and near Seaton and Hartlepool, D.

12. T. procumbens. Hop Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 309; Eng. Bot. 945; Gr. Fl. Eds. 162; Berwick Flora, 164; T. agrarium, Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 45; Hudson, 328.

In dry fields and pastures, common.

13. T. minus. Lesser Yellow Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 310; Eng. Bot. 1256; Berwick Flora, 164; Hook. Fl. Scot. 220; T. filiforme, β Sm. Fl. Brit. 793.

β Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 310; Eng. Bot. 1257; Hook. Fl. Scot. 220.

α In dry fields and pastures, frequent. β on the Magnesian Limestone at Fulwell, Whitburn, Cleadon, and Castle Eden, D.

1. L. corniculatus. Common Bird's-foot Trefoil.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 312; Eng. Bot. 2090; Hook. Fl. Scot. 220; Curt. Lond. Fasc. ii. 56;' Berwick Flora, 164.

β L. major, Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 313; Eng. Bot. 2091; Gr. Fl. Eds. 163; Berwick Flora, 165; L. corniculatus γ, Fl. Brit. 794; Hook. Fl. Scot. 220.

α On dry banks, but most abundant on the sea coast. β in woods and hedges not uncommon.

1. M. sativa. Lucerne, Purple Medick.
Sm. Eng. Fl. iii. 317; Eng. Bot. 1749; Hook. Fl. Scot. 220; With. iii. 861; Berwick Flora, 165.

Near Silksworth, D. At Croft, D Rev. J. Symons. On the ballast hills of Tyne and Wear, N. VOL. II. O