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of Harbottle. In Allendale at Allenheads, Sipton, and Sinderhope. In Weardale at Boltburn, Daddre Shield, and Wearhead village. In Teesdale from the Widdy Bank farm-house down the dale to Barnard Castle. Range of altitude 150-450 yards.

4. R. pratensis Rumex pratensis, M. and K. Native. English type. Area N, D. Range 1, 2.

In Allendale near Allentown, in Weardale near Copthill Church and about the Frosterley lime-quarries, in Teesdale at Langdon and near the High Force, 150-400 yards, detected in all these stations by the Rev. W.W. Newbould.

5. R. obtusifolius Rumex obtusifolius, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Everywhere common by road-sides and in waste ground, ascending to 550 yards in Harwood Dale and East Allendale.

6. R. sanguineus Rumex sanguineus, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent in watery places, ascending in Coquetdale to Rothbury, in Weardale above Stanhope, in Teesdale to Middleton, 250 yards.

7. R. conglomeratus Rumex conglomeratus, Murr. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent in watery places, ascending in Coquetdale to Rothbury, in Teesdale to 200 yards.

8. R. maritimus Rumex maritimus, L. Native. English type. Area D. Range 1.

In a splash walled round near Morden (M. A. Lawson). Gathered by the Rev. A.M. Norman near Hartlepool, and Mr. Baker at the Tees mouth, but probably introduced with ballast. R. pratensis is recorded by Johnston on the authority of the Rev. J. Baird as growing on the margin of Paston Lough, but we have not seen specimens.