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Mr. WINCH's Flora of Northumberland, &c.
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Fl. Scot. 289; With. ii. 518; Berwick Flora, 220.
At the head of Cauledge Bourn, among the Cheviots, N.—W.C. Trevelyan, Esq.
This plant which usually grows in Alpine situations has been found on rocks near the sea coast between Berwick and Fast Castle, and in a ravine near St. Abbs' Head, by Dr. G. Johnston, and between Lamberton and Burnmouth, by the Rev. A. Baird.

DIOECIA ENNEANDRIA.

385. MERCURIALIS.

1. M. perennis. Dog's Mercury, Perennial Mercury.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 248; Eng. Bot. 1872; Curt. Lond. Fasc. ii. t. G5; Hook. Fl. Scot. 289; Berwick Flora, 221.
In denes, woods, and under hedges, frequent.

2. M. annua. Annual Mercury.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 248; Eng. Bot. 559; Curt. Lond. Fasc. v. t. 68; Gr. Fl. Eds. 211; With. ii. 521.
On rubbish by the road side on Newcastle Town Moor, N. About Newcastle. — S. Robson's Flora, 223. About Sunderland, D.—Mr. E. Robson.

386. HYDROCHARIS.

1. H. Morsus-ranae. Common Frogbit.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 250; Eng. Bot. 808; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 64; Gr. Fl. Eds. 211; With. ii. 523.
In a ditch behind St. Anthon's ballast-hills, N.


DIOECIA MONADELPHIA.

387. JUNIPERUS.

1. J. communis. Common Juniper.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 251; Eng. Bot. 1100; Hook. Fl. Scot. 290; Woodv. t. 95; With. iii. 790; Berwick Flora, 221.
β J. nana, Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 252; Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 854; J. communis β, Lightfoot, 642; With. 709, var. 2.
α In Castle Eden Dene, and on the cliffs between it and Black Halls, in woods on the banks of Tees, also on moors near Lanchester and Auckland, D. On Bede Hills and banks at West Dipton near Hexham, N. On the sea banks in the vicinity of Berwick, also on Chapel Hill near Belford.—Thompson's Berwick Plants. On the banks of Tyne near the Riding below Hexham, N. — Wallis, 142. β On Teesdale Moors above the High Force, β. On Broad-pool Common near Swinburne, N.—Wallis, 142.
β Is no more than a procumbent alpine variety of the Common Juniper.

388. TAXUS.

1. T. baccata. Yew Tree.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 253; Eng. Bot. 746; Lightfoot, 626; With. iii. 809; Berwick Flora, 221.
On rocks in Castle Eden Dene, and on the banks of Derwent above Gibside, also in Shipley Wood near Eglestone in Teesdale, D. In the cliffs on the western margin of the Allen, N.—Wallis, 136.
Truly indigenous in all these localities.


POLYGAMIA MONOECIA.

389. ATRIPLEX.

1. A. portulacoides. Shrubby Orache.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 256; Eng. Bot. 261; Gr. Fl. Eds. 211; With. ii. 372.
At the mouth of Coble Dene near North Shields, N. On the shores of Wear near Hilton Dene, and at Hartlepool, D.

2. A. laciniata. Frosted Sea Orache.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 257; Eng. Bot. 165; Gr. Fl. Eds. 212; With. ii. 372.
On the sea beach, frequent.

3. A.patula. Spreading Halberd-leaved Orache.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 257; Eng. Bot. 936; Gr. Fl. Eds. 212; Berwick Flora, 223; With. ii. 372; A. hastata, Curt. Lond. Fasc. ii. t. 66.
γ Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 258; Dill. Ray's Syn. 152. α On waste ground and dunghills; γ on the sea beach, not rare.

4. A. angustifolia. Spreading Narrow-leaved Orache.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 258; Eng. Bot. 1774; With. ii. 373; Berwick Flora, 224; A. patula, Lightfoot, 637; Hudson, 443.
On cultivated and waste ground, common.

5. A. littoralis. Grass-leaved Sea Orache.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 260; Eng. Bot. 708; Gr. Fl. Eds. 212; With. ii. 374; Berwick Flora, 224.
In salt marshes, frequent.

6. A. pedunculata. Stalked Sea Orache.

Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 261; Eng. Bot. 232; With. ii. 375.
On Sunderland ballast-hills, D.—W. Weighell's Herb.VOL. II.