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3. S. noctifiora, L. Colonist. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Not unfrequent as a weed of cultivated fields. Berwick, Hetton, Howick, Embleton, Holy Island, Chollerford, Hartley, Preston, Gateshead, South Shields, Cleadon, Whitburn, Bishop Middleham, Castle Eden, &c.

4. LYCHNIS, L.

1. L. flos-cuculi, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1-3.

Frequent in ditches and damp fields, ascending to 550 yards on Cheviot and in East and West Allendale, to 650 yards on Highfield.

2. L. diurna, Sibth. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Common in woods and upon shaded hedge-banks, ascending to Falcon Clints (500 yards), and the Main Limestone scars of Harwood Dale (550 yards).

3. L. vespertina, Sibth. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent, principally in cultivated fields, ascending in Coquetdale above Rothbury (150 yards). The red-flowered variety near the Wansbeck at Morpeth, and by the road-side between Beal and the sea (B.).

4. L. githago, L. Colonist. British type. Area C, N, D.

Common in cultivated fields, ascending to 450 yards in East Allendale.

5. MOENCHIA, Ehrh.

1. M. erecta, Sm. Native. English type. Area C, D. Range 1.

In Northumberland on the basalt at Ratcheugh, Howick, Spindlestone, and Embleton. Gravel pits on Durham Moor