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meadows, ascending to the Henhole and Brizzle ravines on Cheviot and to 650 yards in Hare wood Dale, descending to Rugley, Hulne, and Calish Woods, Hartford Bridge on the Blyth, Whittle Dene and the Tyneside at Bywell; and it even occurs in the low Bed Sandstone country, as in the flat between Norton and Billingham (J. Hogg), and in a field near the brick-yard at Great Stainton (M. A. Lawson).

8. HELLEBORUS, L.

1. H. viridis Helleborus viridis, L. Denizen. Germanic type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Banks of the Aln near Alnwick Abbey (T.). Bank of the Wansbeck near Morpeth (Rev. T. Finch !). In a small ravine at South Hylton near Sunderland (W.H. Brown !). Banks of the Tees near Whorlton (Rev. J. Harriman. F.).

2. H. foetidus Helleborus foetidus, L. Denizen. Germanic type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Wood on the north side of the Tyne a little above the Chain Bridge at Hexham (A. Hancock). In Tunstall Hope, half a mile south of Sunderland (W. H. Brown!). Road-side between Herrington and Houghton-le-Spring (Miss Wharton). Banks of the Tees a little below Winston Bridge (Rev. J. Harriman. F.).

9. AQUILEGIA, L.

1. A. vulgaris Aquilegia vulgaris, L. Native. Xerophilous. English type. Area N. D. Range 1.

In Cheviot-land in a wood near Malcolm's Cross, Alnwick, alien (T.). Truly wild at Ninebanks in West Allendale (R. Murray), in Teesdale about Middleton, 250 yards, in most of the Magnesian Limestone denes, and perhaps also about the Derwent at Allansford. It has been gathered in several other places as a straggler from garden cultivation.

10. DELPHINIUM, L.

1. D. Ajacis Consolida ajacis, L. Alien.

Very rare as a weed of cultivated fields. Clover field near the