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A NEW FLORA OF

the hills, ascending to 1400 feet in Dunsdale on Cheviot, as high in the Derwent district, and to 500 yards in Teesdale.

32. SENECIO, L.

1. S. vulgaris Senecio vulgaris, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common everywhere in waste ground, ascending to 550 yards in Harwood Dale and East and West Allendale, to 350 yards at Broadstruther House near Wooler.

2. S. sylvaticus Senecio sylvaticus, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent on sandy heaths, ascending to 250 yards near Alwinton. Very fine all round the base of the Cheviots amongst the porphyritic debris.

3. S. viscosus Senecio viscosus, L. Native. Germanic type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Waste ground in sandy soil. Near Budle (T.). Alnwick Moor (R. Embleton). Near the riding stables at Easington (Johnston). Alnmouth (F.). Heaton Dene and Benwell near Newcastle (F.). Road-sides near Chirton and Wallsend (W. H. Brown). In a quarry of Magnesian Limestone at Marsden (B.). On the ballast hills about Sunderland, Seaham, and Hartlepool (F. R.).

4. S. erucaefolius Senecio erucifolius, L. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Hedge-banks about Whitley and along the Magnesian Limestone from Shields to Hartlepool and Darlington. By the Tweed near Ord Mill (Dr. Thompson. F.).

5. S. Jacoboea Senecio jacoboea, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1,2.

Common everywhere in waste and grassy places, ascending in Harwood Dale to 600 yards, and to 550 yards in Welhope and Allendale. A rayless form gathered by the Tees near Upper Cronkley Bridge (B.).