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in places he had often examined before; and the fmall plants are 
fo numerous, and often fo crowded together, that we need not won- 
der if they efcape our moft minute obfervation. Where a choice 
ef place can however be had, the wild and unexplored ought 
certainly to be preferred, though we fhould by no means over- 
look the land in cultivation. Numbers of plants, not formerly 
known to be annuals, are frequently found even among the ftand- 
ing corn: I once found in fuch a fituation five different genera 
upon a piece of earth half an inch fquare ; they were the Pha/cum 
Jubulatum, Phafcum axillare, Bryum truncatulum, Jungermannia angu- 
lofa, Riccia glauca, and. Blafia pufila. 
In England, where cultivation has made fo great a progrefs, we 
cannot expect to find fuch a variety of plants as in a wild moun- 
tainous conntry 5 yet, within thefe thirty years, fome additions 
have be been made to the Flora An gisa tho gh n not soul to to ths num 
As the Highlands of Scotland abound me fuch a variety of foil 
and fituation, with high fnowy mountains, deep glens, dripping 
rocks, torrents of water, and every other fcene that can attract the 
attention of the naturalift, we may reafonably expe& that, at fome 
future period, very large additions will ftill be made to the Flora of 
that country. 
I have frequently made a tour through the Highlands, and ne- 
ver without difcovering fome plants. I am forry their number is 
as yet fo {mall, but they may ferve as a fpecimen of the botanical 
riches of the country, and induce fome other naturalift to complete 
- what I have only begun. 
In a tour through the Highlands, in 1789, I difcovered the fol- 
lowing plants, which are mentioned in my Faft. Secund. p. 29. 
Veronica alpina. Linn. Spec. Plant, 15. In montibus propè Gar- 
avay Moor, et in Ben Nevis. 
i VERONICA 
