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and Morass, localities celebrated in botanical story, 

 where we gathered many interesting plants. 



Cromlyn Burrows extend for some miles along the 

 coast, and bounding them inland is a great morass 

 intersected with drains and pools covered with the 

 white- water lily and the great Spearwort (Ranunculus 

 lingua}. A canal now cuts through the morass amidst 

 reeds and tall aquatics, and the view from near the 

 sea over the bogs towards the hills of the coal forma- 

 tion beyond is of a peculiar description. A river 

 intervenes between the Burrows and Swansea, and a 

 wilder tract or one from its very nature more diversi- 

 fied in aspect salt-water, sand, marsh, bog, and 

 morass, the naturalist need not desire. Here we spent 

 a considerable time in botanical exploration, and the 

 following plants occurred a mere selection from nu- 

 merous others growing at the spot.* 



Ranunculus lingua, most splendid in Cromlyn Morass. 

 Nymphcea alba, covering the pools in Cromlyn, its large leaves 



matting over and hiding the water. 



Meconopsis Cambrica. In Glyn Neath, above Pont Nedd Vechan. 

 Glaucium luteum. On the shore of the Burrows, profusely. 

 Potentilla alpestris. Rocky places in Glyn Neath. 

 Sisymbrium. Sophia. On the beach near Swansea Ferry. 

 Senebiera didyma. Plentiful, even in Swansea streets. 

 Lepidium latifolium. By the side of Neath Canal, not far from 



Britton Ferry. 



Cochlearia qfficinalis. About the shore in various places. 

 Cakile maritime. Frequently on the Burrows. A rigid wiry 



and tortuous fleshy plant, with deep green polished very 



hard stem, purple flowers, and smooth green silicles. 

 Diplotaxis tennifolia. On the sandy burrows. 



* Mr. DILLWYN, the well known author of British Conferva, has pleas- 

 ingly illustrated the Natural History of Swansea in his publications ; and 

 J. W. G. GUTCH, Esq. has published a copious list of its plants in the 

 Phytologist. 



