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got many a wetting in crossing the river where the 

 rude stepping stones had become immersed by a rise 

 of the water from recent rains. Here was the white- 

 flowered jRubus siiberectus so abundant in Wales, the 

 Globe-flower, and the Water-avens, while ferns ap- 

 peared in abundance, and none more elegant and 

 luxuriant than Polypodium pliegopteris. In ascending 

 the precipitous rock that bars further passage at Scwd 

 Einon Gram I felt rewarded in finding on the dripping 

 strata abundance of NartJiecium in full flower, and 

 the cottony purple-flowered bog-thistle, Cnicus pra- 

 tensis. On the heath above grew the soft white and 

 elegant Mountain Cudweed (Antennaria dioica^) very 

 plentifully. 



The last ramble we took in Glyn Neath, was a very 

 delightful one, in company with two enthusiastic 

 friends, when the Rubi called for our most particular 

 attention, though we gathered many other plants. 

 Rubus corylifolius (.5. sublustris, Lees,) grows exces^ 

 sively fine and large upon the side of the river Mellte. 

 We first progressed from the Lamb and Flag Inn to 

 the Lady's Waterfall, on the river Purthin, near to 

 which, and close to the Logan Stone, we noticed plenty 

 of Rubus suberectus, as well as on the ascent from 

 Einon Gam. The romantic boiling and foaming falls 

 of the Little Oil Hepste, fringed and half hidden in 

 wood, are delightful to contemplate. Here we paused, 

 on the verge of a ravine into which the waters madly 

 plunge, deeply embowered in the foliage of the small- 

 leaved Lime (Tilia par vif olio), which here has every 

 appearance of being a true native of the district. 

 One distorted old lime jutting out of the rock and 

 densely covered with ivy, was a remarkable object. 



