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yards on Cheviot, 750 yards on Highfield. T. chamaedrys, Fries., was gathered by the late Mr. John Storey at Craster near Howick on the basalt. T. lanuginosus, Schk., occurs on Falcon Clints.

6. ORIGANUM, L.

1. O. vulgare Origanum vulgare, L. Native. Xerophilous. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Woods and thickets, especially on the limestone and basalt, ascending to 350 yards in Teesdale near the High Force. By the Aln below Denwick Bridge. By the Coquet at Alwinton, Sharperton, Warkworth, &c. Walls of Mitford Castle. In North Tynedale in Tecket Dene, and down the Tyne as far as Bywell.

7. CALAMINTHA, Moench.

1. C. acinos Calamintha acinos, Clairv. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Not unfrequent in dry fields. Haiden, Allerton, Doddington, Hetton, Eglingham, Bambro', Hexham, Marsden, Whitburn, Mainsforth, &c.

2. C. nepeta Calamintha nepeta, Clairv. Native? English type. Area D. Range 1.

By the Wear near Durham Abbey, gathered first by Wilson and again by Winch, but we are not aware that it has been seen recently. C. officinalis is recorded in the Flora as having been gathered by E. Robson at Coniscliffe, and one of the two (C. officinalis according to Winch, C. nepeta according to Robertson,) grew near Gateshead, but the station was destroyed in 1823.

3. C. clinopodium Calamintha clinopodium, Spenn. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1, 2.

Frequent on hedge-banks and in thickets, ascending in Teesdale to 350 yards near the High Force.