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and in Lowther woods. Wake-robin, Arum maculatum, under hedges near Ambleside; but not found in the neighbourhood of Keswick. Lepidium hirtum, Crow Park near Keswick; Lythrum Salicaria, Galium boreale, and Thalictrum minus, on the edge of Derwent Lake; T. majus and Genista tinctoria, at the foot of Bassenthwaite; the last plentifully near Crummock Lake. Spindle-tree, Euonymus europaeus, on Barrow-side near Keswick. Black Briony, Tamus communis, ornaments the hedges near Windermere lake; but is rarely found further north. Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis, under the bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale. Wild Marjoram, Origanum vulgare, near Kirkby Lonsdale and Humphrey Head.
Pellitory of the wall, Parietaria officinalis, near Cartmel Well, and on the walls of Cartmel church.
Yellow Poppy, Papaver cambricum, in Long Sleddale. Yellow-horned Poppy, Chelidonium Glaucium, (Glaucium luteum of Hooker) on the coast near Maryport, Flimby, and Flookborough; Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, near the last place, as is also Deadly nightshade, Atropa Belladonna, and about Furness Abbey.
The Yellow Corn Marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum, was formerly so troublesome in some corn fields, that the land infested with it was considered inferior in value; but by the improved system of husbandry it is nearly eradicated; the White Ox-eye, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, is too com-
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