Page:Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1867).djvu/267

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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.
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7. S. viminalis Salix viminalis, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common by stream-sides and in damp woods, ascending to 450 yards in East Allendale.

8. S. Smithiana Salix Smithiana, Willd. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Along with the preceding, common, and also ascending to 450 yards at Allenheads.

9. S. cinerea Salix cinerea, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Stream-sides, hedge-rows, and damp woods, common, ascending to 500 yards in Allendale.

10. S. aurita Salix aurita, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent in damp woods, especially in swamps amongst the moors, ascending to 500 yards in the Cheviot ravines, 550 yards in Harwood Dale.

11. S. caprea Salix caprea, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common in woods and hedges, ascending to 450 yards in East Allendale, 550 yards in Harwood Dale. Var. sphacelata, Sm., a form closely resembling S. cinereo-aurita, Wimmer, on the banks of the burn below Usway Ford. Judging from his Herbarium, Winch's S. acuminata is a form of this species.

12. S. nigricans Salix nigricans, Fries. Native. Scottish type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

On the banks of all the hill-streams, and occasionally also in the low country. In the Cheviot tract in Goldscleugh and at Heathpool Linn. Banks of the Tweed near the Chain Bridge, and hedge at Mount Pleasant near Berwick. By the Coquet about Alwinton and Rothbury, in North Tynedale in Tecket Dene and down the river in many places, in Allendale about Sinderhope, in the dale of the Derwent ascending to 1300 feet