26 INTRODUCTION. 



picturesque rocky islet, but is every year becoming 

 less abundant. 



Anthericwn serotinum. The Spiderwort is now I 

 believe only to be found on the Grlyder mountain, 

 in "Wales, on scarcely accessible rocks, at Twlldu, 

 above Llyn Idwall. The direful chasm here formed 

 by a mountain stream from Llyn-y-cwn, is commonly 

 called " The Devil's Kitchen," and is the centre of 

 the botanic garden of Snowdonia ; I shall in due 

 course mention it in detail. 



Isolepis Holosclioenus, on a wet part of the sandy 



expanse of Braunton Burrows, Devonshire. This 



is a remarkable locality, fronting the sea, with wild 



sand hills and marshy spots, spreading far around, 



well deserving a visit. Teucriimt Scordimi here 



grows, in immense profusion, in the wet hollows. 



Doubtless other " privileged localities" will present 



themselves to the memory of the exploring botanist, 



and I could have increased the list, but I wished to 



note those that remain with their plants so fixedly, 



that they are likely to continue as above indicated for 



many years to come. To such hallowed spots it is 



the delight of the botanist to ramble, and the object 



he has in view gives an exhilirating impetus to his 



movements, which they only can understand who have 



sought plants themselves, or made one of a botanical 



party. The scenery and the thoughts called up, are 



not the less imbibed because plants are the objects in 



view. I once, in a ramble in "Wales, accidentally got 



into company with a tourist quite unacquainted with 



botany, but, putting himself under my command, I 



led him into such queer places, and took him such 



a pilgrimage, that he soon entered into the spirit of a 



