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Euphorbia platyphylla. By the road side from Tintern to 



Chepstow. 



Orchis pyramidalis. Lancaut. 

 Ophrys apifera. Cliffs at Chepstow. 

 N arcissus biflorus. Near Lancaut. 

 Melica nutans. On the Great Doward and Windcliff. 

 Carex-digitata. -Opposite Symond's Yat, and at Lancaut Cliffs. 

 C. montana. On the Great Doward. 



As will be seen by the above enumeration, the 

 Great Doward, a steep hill between Symond's Tat 

 and Monmouth, and the romantic cliffs of Lancaut, 

 opposite Percefield, are excellent stations for many 

 of the rarer plants affecting limestone ; and the 

 "Windcliff, near Chepstow, offers a fine scene of bota- 

 nical beauty, in its winding paths deeply overshadowed 

 with vast grotesque Tews or knotty boled Beeches. 

 From the summit the view of the winding "Wye and 

 broad Severn, the craggy Lancaut cliffs, and the ex- 

 tensive flat country, where the sister rivers glide into 

 each other's embraces, is as fine as any prospect 

 where beauty is the chief characteristic. I saw it 

 first in the clear brightness of the morning, but at 

 another visit, when the rays of the declining sun fell 

 with mellow light upon the old castle and town of 

 Chepstow, glanced upon the cliffs of Lancaut, or 

 glared fitfully upon patches of green meadow; the 

 eye relieved by the change of light and shadow gazed 

 upon the scene with greater pleasure, while the hang- 

 ing woods of Percefield, all in deep gloom, greatly 

 heightened the effect. 



The vicinity of Symond's Tat is adorned with seve- 

 ral rare Ferns, while the commoner ones grow to a 

 greater magnitude than usual in the excavated and 

 shadowy recesses of the Forest of Dean. Polypodium 

 Dryopteris grows south-east of the rocks of New 



