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A NEW FLORA OF

4. LYSIMACHIA, L.

1. L. vulgaris Lysimachia vulgaris, L. Native. English type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Recorded by Wallis from the banks of the North Tyne at Low Park End near Nunwick, and ponds at Widehaugh near Dilston, but not seen recently. Peaty ditches on Baron House Bog, 150 yards (W. H. Brown !). Dukesfield near Hexham (R.). By the Wear near Lumley (Miss M. J. Hancock!). By the Skerne above Darlington (F. R!). This last station has been erroneously referred to L. punctata, L. The true punctata was gathered as a garden escape by Mr. Storey in Heaton Dene.

2. L. nummularia Lysimachia nummularia, L. Native. English type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Damp places, rare. Gathered by Mrs. Blackett in Heaton Dene, not seen lately. Damp hedge-bank a little on the Gateshead side of Ryton (W. H. Brown!).

3. L. nemorum Lysimachia nemorum, L. Native. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1-3.

Frequent in shaded and damp places, ascending to 650 yards on Highfield, 550 yards in Welhope and the Cheviot ravines.

5. ANAGALLIS, L.

1. A. arvensis Anagallis arvensis, L. Colonist. British type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Frequent in cultivated fields in the low country.

2. A. caerulea Anagallis arvensis subsp. foemina, Sm. Colonist. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Sparingly in corn-fields about Alnwick (Wallis). One specimen gathered by Mr. John Chrisp at Rugley. In the Wansbeck district near Mitford (Captain Mitford. F.). In a forage field two miles west of Norton (John Hogg. F.).