— —;; 1 TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, #C. #C. $C. No. I.. Flora of Northumberland and Durham. By Nathaniel John Winch, PART I. PHtENOGAMOUS plants. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. The Privet is truly indigenous only in our Magnesian Limestone district, though straggling plants may be occasionally met with throughout the north of 1. SALICORNIA England. I. S. Iterbacca. Marsh Samphire, Jointed-glasswort Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 2 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 1 ; Berwick 4. FRAXINUS. Flora, 2; S. annua, Eng. Bot. 415. 1. F. excelsior. Common Ash. /3 S. procumbent. Procumbent Jointed-glasswort. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 14; Eng. Bot. 1G92; Hook. Fl. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 2 ; Eng. Bot. 2475. Scot. 3. a On the muddy sea shores and salt marshes of Tyne, |3 F. ftelcrophylla. Simple -leaved Ash. Wear, Tees, "&c, also at Holy Island. /3 in salt marshes at Saltholme, Hartlepool, D Mr. J. Sm. Eng. Fl. 14; Eng. Bot. 2476. Backhouse. « In woods and hedges. /3 in plantations. In the north, where the true Samphire is not known, A variety of the ash with leaves mostly simple. the Glasswort is sold under that name. 5. CIRCiEA. 2. HIPPURIS. 1. C. luteiiana. Common Enchanter's-nightshade. 1. H. vulgaris. Mare's-tail. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 15; Eng. Bot. 1056; With. ii. i. iii. Sm. Eng. Fl. 4 ; Eng. Bot. 763 ; With. ii. 6 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 4 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 1 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 1. t. 3 ; Berwick Flora, 6. At Prestwick Carr, N. In the Skern near the bridge In moist shady woods and hedges, but not very com- at Darlington, and at Hell-kettles, D. In stells mon, N. and D. Near Wooler and below Lang- about Thorp, Norton, and Stockton, D. —John ley Ford, N. — Dr. G- Johnston. At Wallington, Hogg, Esq. N. —W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. 2. C. alpina. Mountain Enchanter's-nightshade. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 16 ; Eng. Bot. 1057 ; With. ii. 12 Hook. Fl. Scot. 4'; C. lutctiana (i, Gr. Fl. DIANDR1A MONOGYNIA. ; Eds. 2. Near Featherstone Castle. —W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. 3. LIGUSTRUM. In Hulne Woods near Alnwick. —Mr. J. Emble- . vulgarc. L. Privet, Print. ton. By the Roman Wall, near Haltwhistle, N. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 13; Eng. Bot. 764; With. ii. 11 —Miss Dale, Sp. Curt. Fasc. v. t. 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 3 ; Ber- Differing from Circ&a lutetiana by its heart-shaped wick Flora, 5. leaves. In woods and hedges between Sunderland and Castle 6. VERONICA. Eden, and on Limestone rocks on the coast, D. About Greatham and Thorpwood, D. —John Hogg, 1. V'. scrpylUfolia. Smooth Speedwell, Paul's Betonv. Esq. Naturalized in hedges about Berwick fir. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 20 ; Eng. Bot. 1075 ; Curt. Fasc. G. Johnston. i. t. 3. VOL. II. B —; — 2 Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, $c. fi V. kumifusa, Dicks. Linn. Tr. ii. 288 ; With' Naturalized in the dene near Twizell House, N. In- ii. 18. digenous at Whiterig, in Berwickshire, eight miles from Berwick. Dr. In meadows, pastures, gardens, &c. fi by rivulets on — G. Johnston. the sides of Cheviot, N. 10. V. arvensis. Wall Speedwell, Speedwell Chick- 2. V. Beccabnnga. Brooklime. weed. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 20 ; Eng. Bot. 655 ; Curt. Fasc. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 24 ; Eng. Bot. 734 ; Curt. Fasc. ii. t. fi; Hook. Fl. Scot. G. ii. t. 2 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 7- In rivulets and ditches. On dry banks, walls, &c. 3. V. Anaguttls. Water Speedwell, Long-leaved 11. V. hederifolia. Ivv-leaved Speedwell, Small Brooklime. Henbit. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 21 ; Eng. Bot. 781 ; With. ii. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 25 ; Eng. Bot. 784 ; Curt. Fasc. ii. 18; Curt. Fasc. v. t. 2 ; Or. Fl. Eds. 3; Ber- t. 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 7 ; Berwick Flora, 7- wick Flora, 6. On cultivated ground, frequent. In the Ousebourn, in ditches near Tynemouth, and at Prestwick Carr, N. In ditches near West Bol- 7. PINGUICULA. don and Harton, D. In Whitburn Moor Lane. 1. P. vulgaris. Common Butterwort, Yorkshire Rev. J. Symons; and near Norton, D. —John Sanicle. Hogg, Esq. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 28 ; Eng. Bot. 70 ; Hook. Lond. 4. V. scutcllata. Narrow-leaved Marsh Speedwell. t. 140 ; Fl. Scot. 88 ; Berwick Flora, 8. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 21 ; Eng. Bot. 782 ; With. ii. 19 ; In bogs on moors. Curt. Ease. v. t. 2 ; Gr. Fl. ; Eds. 3 Berwick There is a variety in mountainous boggy meadows, Flora, 7- with a very large flower of a duller purple, and a In Dogs at Prestwick Carr, and on Newcastle Town remarkably long spur Wallis's Northumberland, Moor, N. Below Calf Hill Thompson's Ber- vol. i. p. 222. wick Plants. In ditches near Twizell House. — Mrs. Selby. In Purdies Bog. —Miss Forster, delin. ; 8. UTRICULARIA. and by ponds on Alnwick Moor, N. — Mr. J. Da- vison. At West Boldon, Harton, East Morton, 1. U. vulgaris. Common Bladderwort, Hooded Mil- Beamish, and by the Whey Syke and Cauldron foil. Snout, Teesdale, D. Hill Close Carr Mr. E. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 30 ; Eng. Bot. 253 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. Robson. Near Castle Eden, D. — Rev. J. Sy- 5 ; Berwick Flora, 8 ; With. ii. 24. mons. At Prestwick Carr, N. In the pond-field above 5. V. officinalis. Male or Common Speedwell. Spindlestone. — Dr. G. Johnstone. In Newham Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 22 ; Eng. Bot. 765 ; Curt. Fasc. Lough near Bamborough, N— Miss Pringle, Sp. At Hell. kettles and Polam, near Darlington, D. iii. t. 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 6 ; Berwick Flora, 7. On heaths, dry banks, &e. frequent. At Hardwick, near Sedgefield, D. —J. Hogg, Esq. 2. intermedia. 6. V. Chamccdrys. Germander Speedwell, Wild Ger- IT. Intermediate Bladderwort. mander. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 30 ; Eng. Bot. 2489 ; Hook. FI. Scot. 9. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 23 ; Eng. Bot. 623 ; Curt. Fasc. At Prestwick Carr and in Bromley Lough, N. But i. t. 2 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 7 ; Berwick Flora, 7- never observed to flower. In meadows, pastures, gardens, Sec. 3. U. minor. Lesser Bladderwort. 7- V. montana. Mountain Speedwell, Mountain Sm. Fl. i. 31 Eng. Bot. ; Madwort. Eng. ; 254 Hook. Fl. Scot. 9 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 5 ; With. ii. 24. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 23 ; Eng. Bot. 786 ; Curt. Fasc. In bogs on Plainmeller Fell, opposite Haltwhistle, N. iv. t. 2; Gr. Fl. Eds.' 4. —Miss Dale, Sp. In woods, but not very common. 8. V. agrcstis. Green Procumbent Speedwell, Ger- mander Chickweed. 9. LEMNA. 1. L. trisulca. Ivv-leaved Duckweed. Fl. i. 24 ; Bot. t. t. Sm. Eng. Eng. 783 and 2603 ; Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 32; Eng. Bot. 926 ; Hook. Lond. Curt. Fasc. i. t. 1 ; V. pulchclla, Lam. and De t. 119 9. Cand. v. 388, according to specimens from ; Fl. Scot. 10; "Berwick Flora, In clear stagnant Thomas of Bex. pools near Newcastle. In ditches near Sunderland, and at Hell-kettles near Darling- On cultivated ground everywhere. ton, D. In stells in the Billingham Vale, D Fries, a German Botanist, as well as the authors of the John Hogg, Esq. In ditches on Boldon Hills. Supplement to the English Botany, have separated Rev. J. Symons. Veronica agrestris into two species (see 763 and 2603) 2. L. minor. Lesser Duck-weed. though the plant with blue flowers, and the other with the lower petals variegated with white, are found con- Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 32 ; Eng. Bot. 1095 ; Hook. stantly growing together, and can scarcely be con- Lond. t. 120; Fl. Scot. 11. sidered as varieties. The seeds of both vary in In ponds and ditches, everywhere. number. Veronica polita is the name assigned by them to the plant figured at 763. 10. LVCOPUS. 9. V . Jiliformis. Long-stalked Speedwell. 1. L. europaus. Water Horehound, Gvpsvwort. Lam. and De Cand. Fl. Fr. v. 388 (excluding Sm. in Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 34; Eng. Bot. 1105 ;' Curt. Fasc. Linn. Tr. ii. 195) ; Berwick Flora, 252, i\ 1 ; V. iii. t. 2 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 9. agrcstis 8, Sm. Fl. Grtec. t. Prod. i. V. 8; 9; At Prestwick Carr, and in the Ouse-bonrn, N. On Buxbaumii, Tenore Fl. Neap. i. p. 7, t. 10 the banks of Team, near Urpeth Mill, Team Linn. Syst. Veg. Spreng. i. 75. Bridge, and Lamesley, D. Mr. Winch's Flora of Northumberland, fyc. 11. SALVIA. 16. IRIS. 1. S. vcrbcnaca. Wild English Clary. 1. I. Pseud-acorus. Yellow Iris, Water Flower-de- Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 35; Eng. Bot. 154; Curt. Fasc. luce. vi. t. 1 ; With. ii. 27 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 6 ; Ber- Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 48 ; Eng. Bot. 578 ; Curt. Fasc. wick Flora, 9. iii. t. 4 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 10 ; Berwick Flora, 14. By the waggon-way near Newburn, and on the banks In ditches, pools, and by rivers. below Tynemouth Castle. On the ruins of the Ab- 2. I. fcetidissima. Stinking Iris, Gladwyn. Lindisfern Norham Castle, N., where it bey of and Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 49 ; Eng. Bot. 596 ; With. ii. was noticed by Wallis, who mistook it for Salvia pra- 106. and on the tensis. On ballast hills below Gateshead, At Jolby, D Mr. E. Robson. Hall, banks of Hawthorn Dene, near Sailor's D. Its most northern British locality, no mention being made of the plant in Hooker's Flora Scotica. Blue-flowered Iris, Iris Wallis's 12. CLADIUM. germanica, Northum- berland, i. 241. Robson's Flora, 144. In boggy 1. C. Mariscus. Pricklv Twig-rush. places, but not common. What plant Wallis mis- Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 3G; Hook. Fl. Scot. 11 ; Schamw. took for so showy a species it is difficult to imagine, Mariscus, 950 Flora, 238 Eng.