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A NEW FLORA OF

350 yards in Teesdale near the High Force, 450 yards in Rookhope, Wear district. There are two forms which are both common, one with white flowers and the lower lip of the corolla broader, the other with red flowers, the middle lobe of the lower lip of the corolla with two bright yellow spots with a deep red line round them; but in both its edge is frequently recurved.

4. G. versicolor Galeopsis speciosa, Curt. Colonist. Scottish type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent in cultivated fields, ascending in North Tynedale to Kielder (John Storey!), Redesdale to Chattlehope (W. H. Brown!), Coquetdale to Alwinton, the Wooler Water to Langleeford, 250 yards.

13. STACHYS, L.

1. S. betonica Betonica officinalis, Benth. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common in dry pastures in Durham and Tyneland, ascending to 350 yards in Teesdale, 400 yards in Burnhope and East Allendale, 200 yards in North Tynedale, in Coquetdale to Rothbury, frequent about Alnwick, but becoming rare northward and not known anywhere round the base of the Cheviots.

2. S. palustris Stachys palustris, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent in damp places and cultivated fields, ascending in Coquetdale to Harbottle, in Allendale to 500 yards near Allenheads.

3. S. ambigua Stachys x ambigua, Smith. Native. Local type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

This name apparently includes a series of forms hybrid between the preceding and following, some of which have been seen in Cheviot-land at Embleton (R. Embleton), in Tynedale near Lipwood and Hexham (F! R.), in Allendale in the wood at Allenheads, 450 yards (B.), by the Team near Lamesley, and the Derwent in Axwell Park (Professor Oliver!), and by the Skerne at Burdon Mills near Darlington (W. Backhouse!).