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Mr. WINCH's Flora of Northumberland, &c.
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banks beyond Hudshead. — Thompson's Berwick Plants. On the Fern Islands, N. — Dr. G. Johnston.
Dr. Hooker considers this a variety of the preceding species.

4. S. conica. Striated Corn Catchfly.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 294; Eng. Bot. 922; With. ii. 550.
On Hebburn ballast-hills, D.—Mr. R. Waugh. On Willington ballast-hills, N.

5. S. noctiflora. Night-flowering Catchfly.

Sm. Eng. El. ii. 295 ; Eng. Bot. 291 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 135; With. ii. 550.
In fields near Gateshead, Cleadon, Whitburn, and South Shields.

186. STELLARIA.

1. S. nemorum. Wood Stitchwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 300 ; Eng. Bot. 92 ; With. ii. 551 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 97.
In Eglestone, Lambton, Cawsey, Beamish, and Ravensworth woods; and in hedges at Witton-le-Wear, and Baydales, near Darlington; also on the banks of Wear, at Chester-le-Street new bridge, D. Near Westonhope, Weardale, — W.C. Trevelyan Esq. In Cocken woods, D.— W. Weighell's Herb. On the island near Hazle-side stream, Alnwick.— Mr. J. Davison. By the brook at Simonburn, N. —Wallis, 215.

2. S. media. Common Chickweed.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 301 ; Eng. Bot. 537; Hook. Fl. Scot. 135; Alsine media, Curt. Fasc. i. t. 20 ; Hudson, 131.
On cultivated ground, everywhere.

3. S. holostea. Greater Stichwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 301 ; Eng, Bot. 511 ; Curt. Fasc. ii. t. 30; Hook. Fl. Scot. 136.
In woods and by hedges, frequent.

4. S. graminea. Lesser Stitchwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 302 ; Eng. Bot. 803 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 136; Berwick Flora, 97.
On heaths among bushes, not rare.

5. S. glauca. Glaucous Marsh Stitchwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 303 ; Eng. Bot. 825 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 98 ; With. ii. 555 ; Berwick Flora, 97.
At Rice Carr, near Darlington, D. — Mr. Backhouse. Among furze at Prestwick Carr. — Mr. R. B. Bowman. By the side of a pond above Spindlestone, N. — Dr. G. Johnston.

6. S. uliginosa. Bog Stitchwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 303; Eng. Bot. 1074; Curt. Lond. Fasc. vi. t. 28; Hook. Fl. Scot. 136.
By ditches, springs, and rivulets, frequent.

187. ARENARIA.

1. A. peploides. Sea Chickweed, or Sandwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 306; Eng. Bot. 189; Hook. Fl. Scot. 137; With. ii. 557 ; Berwick Flora,. 97.
On the sands of the sea shore, frequent. Spittal sands near Berwick. — Dr. Thompson.

2. A. trinervis. Plantain- leaved Chickweed, or Sandwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 307 ; Eng. Bot. 1483 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 31; Hook. Fl. Scot. 137; Berwick Flora, 97.
In bushy moist places.

3. A. serpyllifolia. Thyme-leaved Sandwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 307 ; Eng. Bot. 923 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iv. t. 32 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 138 ; Berwick Flora, 98.
On old walls and dry ground.

4. A. verna. Vernal Sandwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 309; Eng. Bol. 512; Gr. Fl. Eds. 99 ; With. ii. 559 ; Berwick Flora, 98.
On old mine heaps in Allendale, N. On the banks of Tyne near Crow-hall, N. — Mr. J. Thompson, Sp. Upon the wolds near Cauldron Snout, Teesdale, and on the moors in Weardale, D. On Cronkley Fell, Teesdale.

5. A. rubra. Purple Sandwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 311 ; Eng. Bot. 852; Hook. Fl. Scot. 138; Berwick Flora, 98.
In sandy fields and barren places.

6 A. marina. Sea Spurrev Sandwort.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 311 ; Eng. Bot. 958; Hook. Fl. Scot. 139 ; Berwick Flora, 98 ; A. rubra β, Hudson, 193.
On the sandy sea coast, not rare.


DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

188. SEDUM.

1. S. Telephium. Orpine, or Live-long.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 315; Eng. Bot. 1319; Curt. Lond. Fasc. iii. t. 25; Gr. Fl. Eds. 100; With, ii. 562 ; Berwick Flora, 98.
By the road side near Urpeth, by hedges near Lanchester Ford, and near Durham, in Hag Crag wood near the High Force, and on Falconclint Scar, Teesdale, D. By the mill at Shincliffe, and wood at Butterby, D. — J. Hogg, Esq. On the banks of Tyne below Paradise near Elswick, and on hedge banks near Hexham, N. Near Belsay, — Miss Emma Trevelyan. On Banks between Simonburn and Nunwick, also at Rodham, N. — Wallis, 174.

2. S. anglicum. White English Stonecrop.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 317; Eng. Bot. 171 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 140; With. ii. 505; Berwick Flora, 99.
On the Heugh and about the Castle at Holy Island, N. — Thompson's Berwick Plants; observed also by Dr. G. Johnston. A rare visitant on the north-east coast of England, though frequent on the west.

3. S. acre. Biting Stonecrop, Wall Pepper.

Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 317; Eng. Bot. 839; Berwick Flora, 99 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. i. t. 32 ; Woodv. Sup. t. 231 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 140.
On walls and in sandy places, particularly near the sea coast.
There is a variety among the rocks on the brink of Crag Lake, hardly to be distinguished, but by the cauline leaves in the time of flowering, which then appear in an imbricated six-fold series on the stalks. — Wallis, 175. Can this be Sedum sexangulare?

4. S. villosum. Hairy Stonecrop.

Sm. Eng, Fl. ii. 319; Eng. Bot. 394; Gr.Fl. Eds. 101; With. ii. 563; Berwick Flora, 99.
By the Whey Syke in Teesdale Forest, and near Widdy Bank by the road that leads to Harwood Chase; also by ditches near Burtree Ford, Weardale, D. By rivulets both at the foot of Cheviot,VOL. II.