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2. LITTORELLA, L.

1. L. lacustris Littorella, L. Native. British type. Area C, N. Range 1.

Known with us only in the Northumbrian tarns; Kemmer Lough, Holy Island Lough, Prestwick Carr, Rothley, Sweethope, Greenley, Broomley, and Crag Loughs, 250 yards.

Division 4. MONOCHLAMYDEAE.

Order 1. CHENOPODIACEAE.

1. CHENOPODIUM, L.

1. C. olidum Chenopodium vulvaria, Curt. Colonist. Germanic type. Area N, D. Range 1.

Waste ground, rare. Coble Dene, North Shields (W. Robertson). Plentiful by road-sides at Westoe (F. F!).

2. C. urbicum Chenopodium urbicum, L. Colonist. Germanic type. Area C, D.

In cultivated ground at Howick and near Shilbottle (R. Embleton), and gathered also, according to the Transactions of the Berwick Club, in 1850 near Amble. Reported in the Flora as gathered near Darlington by W. Backhouse, and Field Houses by the Rev. J. Symons.

3. C. rubrum Chenopodium rubrum, L. Native. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Not unfrequent in the low country in waste ground, especially near the sea. Professor Babington informs us that he now considers the coast Cheviot-land plant that has been called C. botryoides to be most likely a dwarf maritime form of this species.

4. C. murale Chenpodium murale, L. Colonist. English type. Area C, N, D. Range 1.

Waste ground, very rare. Near the castle on Holy Island (F.). Not seen there recently. Road-sides at North Shields, Gateshead, Chester-le-Street, and Hartlepool (F. R!).