Page:Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1867).djvu/232

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A NEW FLORA OF

1. S. dulcamara Solanum dulcamara, L. Native. English, type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent in hedge-rows and damp woods, ascending in Weardale to St. John's Chapel, 1000 feet.

4. ATROPA, L.

1. A. belladonna Atropa belladonna, L. Denizen. Xerophilous. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Bank of the stream that enters the Tweed at Horncliffe (H. Carr). Reported from the banks of the Wooler stream, but the plant was really the preceding. On the cliff below Tynemouth Castle, and by the waggon-way between Walbottle and Newburn (F. R!). Bank of the Wear near Durham Abbey (F.). Near Low Team (A.). Near the old mill at Coniscliffe (Rev. J. Harriman. F.). Near Pierce Bridge (E. Robson. F.).

Order 16. SCROPHULARIACEAE.

1. VERBASCUM, L.

1. V. thapsus Verbascum thapsus, L. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Not unfrequent on hedge-banks in sandy soil, ascending North Tynedale to Barrasford, and near Wooler to Caldgate Mill (J. Mitchell).

2. V. nigrum Verbascum nigrum, L. Alien.

Waste ground at Ord (Dr. Johnston). Hulne Abbey near Alnwick (T.).

2. VERONICA, L.

1. V. arvensis Veronica arvensis, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent in cultivated fields and on dry banks, ascending to 600 yards above Allenheads, and in Teesdale to the Main Limestone of Newbiggin Moor, 550 yards.