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A NEW FLORA OF
Echium italicum, L. S. Europe S.  
Chenopodium olidum, Curt England T.    
polyspermum, L. England S.  
urbicum, L. England T. S.  
murale, L. England H.
hybridum, L. England T. S.  
ficifolium, Sm. England T. S.  
glaucum, L. England T. S. H.
Amaranthus blitum, L. England T. S.  
Blitum virgatum, L. S. Europe H.
Atriplex pedunculata, L. England S.  
hortensis, L. Asia      
Schoberia fruticosa, Mey England T.  
Polygonum fagopyrum, L. Cultivated T. S.  
Rumex maritimus, L. England T. S. H.
palustris, Sm. England T. S.  
Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. England H.
spinosa, L. S. Europe      
Pedilanthus tithymaloides, Poir S. America      
Mercurialis annua, L. England H.
Urtica pilulifera, L. England T. S.  
Cannabis sativa, L. Asia      
Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop. S. Europe S.  
Setaria verticillata, Beauv. England S.  
viridis, Beauv. England T. S.  
Polypogon monspeliensis, Desf. England S.  
Phalaris canariensis, L. England T. S. H.
paradoxa, L. S. Europe      
Cynosurus echinatus, L. S. Europe T. S.  
Bromus arvensis, M. and K. England T. H.
madritensis, L. England S.  
maximus, Desf England S.  

II.

SUMMARY.

1. — Adapting the Northumberland and Durham list to the standard as regards specific limits of Watson's Cybele Britannica we claim for the two counties taken together nine hundred and thirty-five species out of the one thousand four hundred and twenty-five which are yielded by the whole of Britain, exclusive of Ireland, and besides these we have enumerated two hundred and four casual introductions, eighty-seven of which are stray garden plants, or occasional corn-field weeds, the other one hundred and seventeen plants introduced with ballast.

2. — Out of these nine hundred and thirty-five species which we consider we may fairly claim for the two counties, at least eighty-nine seem more likely to have been introduced by human