Page:Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1867).djvu/137

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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.
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Lough House on Holy Island (Winch. F!). A single specimen in a field near Tuggall, 1864 (R. Embleton). In a limestone quarry near Bishopwearmouth (W. Backhouse. F!). Corn-fields at Norton (J. Hogg).

11. ACONITUM, L.

1. A. napellus Aconitum napellus, L. Alien.

An occasional garden escape. By a stream behind Cullercoats (W.H. Brown). Bank of a stream near Riding Mills (E. Procter). Grown in gardens up to 550 yards.

Order 2. BERBERACEAE.

1. BERBERIS, L.

1. B. vulgaris Berberis vulgaris, L. Denizen. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Bare in thickets and hedgerows and not clearly indigenous. Chatton and Hulne Woods (T.). Hedge between Weetwood and Wooler (B ). Pandon Dene and Elswick near Newcastle (Robertson). Bearpark near Durham (Rev. J. Symons. F.). Hedges near Darlington, Witton-le-Wear, Picktree, and Chester-le-Street.

Order 3. NYMPHAEACEAE.

1. NYMPHAEA, L.

1. N. alba Nymphaea alba, L. Native. British type. Area N. Range 1.

Truly wild only in Greenley and Broomley Loughs, and in a pond south-east of Wall Town Crags: elevation about 700 feet. Often planted, as in the Aln near Alnwick, and ponds at Howick and Wallington.

2. NUPHAR, Sm.

2. N. lutea Nuphar lutea, Sm. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Ponds and streams, frequent in the low country. Kemmer Lough near Eglingham, Crag Lough, Prestwick Carr, and in the Blyth, Ouseburn, Pont, Skerne, &c. It ascends from sea-level