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A NEW FLORA OF

plant is not the true pseudo-narcissus, but N. major, Curt., N. grandiflorus, Salisb. (Bot. Mag., t. 51), which has larger flowers, almost sessile in the spathe, a shorter tube, broader leaves, a less compressed stem, and the segments of the perianth similar in colour to and slightly shorter than the crown.

2. GALANTHUS, L.

1. G. nivalis Galanthus nivalis, L. Alien.

Not unfrequent in plantations and near villages. Well established on the banks of a stream above Hawkhill Tile Sheds near Alnwick (T.).

3. LEUCOJUM, L.

1. L. aestivum Leucojum aestivum, L. Alien.

Formerly subspontaneous near a pond in Heaton Dene, but destroyed long ago.

Order 4. LILIACEAE.

1. TULIPA, L.

1. T. sylvestris Tulipa sylvestris, L. Alien.

On the site of an old garden at Blackwell near Darlington with Ornithogalum nutans (James Backhouse).

2. ALLIUM, L.

1. A. scorodoprasum Allium scorodoprasum, L. Native. Intermediate type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Grassy places, rare. By the Tyne near Benwell (F. R!). Castle Eden Dene, Hesleden Dene, and gathered by Jobn Thompson near Middleton-one-Bow.

2. A. oleraceum Allium oleraceum, L. Native. Germanic type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

On the basalt at Ratcheugh, Howick, Spindlestone, and Holy Island. In the Wansbeck tract on rocks at Harnham, and by the Hart between Hartburn Grange and the moor (F.). In