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URTICACEÆ OR NETTLE ORDER.

Humulus Lupulus Hop
Urtica pilulifera Roman nettle
Parietaria officinalis Common Wall-pellitory

SALICACEÆ OR WILLOW ORDER.

Salix argentea Silky Sand Willow
  " repens Dwarf Willow
Myrica Gale Sweet Gale

IRIDACEÆ OR IRIS ORDER.

Iris Pseudacorus Yellow water-iris

AMARYLLIDACEÆ OR THE AMYRILLIS ORDER.

Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus Common Daffodil
Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop

ALISMACEÆ OR WATER-PLANTAIN ORDER.

Butomus umbellatus Flowering-rush
Alisma ranunculoides Lesser Thrumwort

POTAMOGETONACEÆ OR PONDWEED ORDER.

Ruppia maritima Sea Tasselgrass
Zannichellia palustris Common Lakeweed

ORCHIDACEÆ OR ORCHID ORDER.

Orchis morio Green-winged Orchis
   " pyramidalis Pyramidal "
Epipactis latifolia Broad-leaved Helleborine
   " palustris Marsh "

JUNCACEÆ OR RUSH ORDER.

Juncus effesus Soft Rush
  " filiformis Threadrush
  " squarrosus Heathrush
Narthecium ossifragrum Bog Asphodel

ARACEÆ OR ARUM ORDER.

Lenna minor Lesser Duckweed

CRONTIACEÆ OR SWEET-FLAG ORDER.

Acorus Calamus Sweet-flag

CYPERACEÆ OR SEDGE ORDER.

Carex limosa Mud Sedge
  " flava Yellow "
  " arenaria Sea "
Eriophorum polystachyon Broad-leaved Cotton-grass

EQUISETACEÆ OR HORSETAIL ORDER.

Equisetum arvense Corn Horsetail
    " variegatum Variegated Horsetail

The River Wyre rises in the hills of Wyersdale and Bleasdale; running in a south-westerly direction and passing the towns of Garstang and Church Town, it arrives at St. Michael's, from which point its tortuous course is continued almost due west as far as Skippool. Thence winding past the