Page:Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1867).djvu/203

This page has been validated.
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.
185

3. G. cruciatum Galium cruciatum, "With. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent upon hedge-banks and the edge of fields, ascending in Teesdale to 400 yards, and nearly as high in Rookhope.

4. G. uliginosum Galium uliginosum, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent in damp places, especially amongst the moors, ascending in Welhope to 550 yards.

5. G. saxatile Galium saxatile, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1-3.

Frequent in heathy places, ascending the peaks of all the higher hills, Cheviot, 850 yards, Highfield, Kilhope Law, &c.

6. G. mollugo Galium mollugo, L. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Hedge-rows and thickets, very rare in Cheviot-land, more frequent in Tyneland and Durham. Very fine about Hexham, Wark, Nunwick, &c., ascending to 200 yards at Staward Peel.

7. G. sylvestre Galium sylvestre, Poll. Native. Xerophilous. Intermediate type. Area C, D. Range 1, 2.

Not observed yet in the neighbourhood of Wooler, but plentiful on the porphyry at Windyhaugh and Alwinton. In the Wear district sparingly on the Main Limestone scars of Burnhope, and more abundant in Kilhope. Common in Harwood Dale, ascending to the Upper Limestone of Bleak Law. Range of altitude, 150-550 yards.

8. G. tricorne Galium tricorne, With. Colonist. Germanic type. Area C, D. Range 1.

Barley-field near Beal Station, 1866 (B.). On the Magnesian Limestone not uncommon about Marsden, Cleadon, Fulwell, &c. Corn-fields near Seaton Carew (W. Backhouse. F!). Corn-field west of the railway at Greatham (M.A. Lawson).