Page:Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1867).djvu/269

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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.
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17. S. arenaria Salix arenaria, Sm. Incognit.

"On the Teesdale Moors,, but I do not know the exact spot:" Rev. J. Harriman in Winch's Flora. Probably a mistake, as the species is known in the Scotch Highlands only. S. rosmarinifolia is also given as a Durham species in the Flora, but it appears to have been considered as a British species at all by a mistake only.

7. MYRICA, L.

1. M. gale Myrica gale, L. Native. British type. Area C, N. Range 1.

Not known amongst the Cheviots. About the sandstone ridge in several places from Hetton and Lowick southward by way of Twizell and the Kimmer Lough towards Alnwick. Bogs near Alnmouth. In Coquetdale about Harbottle Lough, 250 yards, and the hill-slope below the Drake Stone. In the Wansbeck tract at Rothley Lake. In South Tynedale on the south side of the Tyne near Hepple (E. Woodhouse. F.). Not known in Durham.

Division 5. GYMNOSPERMEAE.

Order 1. CONIFERAE.

1. TAXUS, L.

1. T. baccata Taxus baccata, L. Native. Xerophilous. English type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Perhaps wild on the banks of the Aln opposite Alnwick Abbey (T.). Cliffs on the western margin of the Allen (Wallis). Castle Eden Dene. On the limestone scars of Teesdale and Weardale truly wild in several places, ascending to 500 yards on Falcon Clints.

2. PINUS, L.

1. P. sylvestris Pinus sylvestris, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

The remains of the Scotch fir occur plentifully in peat mosses in several places both in the low country and amongst the hills.