222 WILD FLOWERS OF 



Diplotaxis muralis. On the beach among sand hills. 



Drosera rotundifolia and longifolia. Cromlyn Bog. 



Hypericum maculatum. Pont Nedd Vechan. 



CEnothera biennis. In great profusion near Britton Ferry. 



Cicuta virosa. In ditches between Neath River and the Canal. 



CEnanthe Lachenalii. Boggy spots on Cromlyn Burrows. 



Aster tripolium. Sea Starwort. Muddy shores of the river. 



Erigeron acre. Cromlyn Burrows. 



Verbascum nigrum. Conspicuous near Britton Ferry. 



Veronica montana. Glyn Neath, near the Lamb and Flag. 



Verbena officinalis. In great quantities near Britton Ferry 

 Church-yard. 



Origanum vulgare. Near Britton Church, in a hedge. 



Er -odium cicutarium, var. album et purpureum. Cromlyn Bur 

 rows. 



Lysimacliia vulgaris. Near Neath. 



Alisma ranunculoides. Remarkable for its proliferous umbels. 

 Borders of Cromlyn Morass, near the Canal. 



Samolus Valerandi. In shallow water on the Burrows. 



Typlia latifolia and angustifolia. In Cromlyn Morass abun- 

 dantly, forming a fine feature with their tall waving rib- 

 band-like leaves. 



Cladium Mariscus. Near Cromlyn Canal. 



Erioplwrum angustifolium. Cromlyn Bog. 



But we must digress no farther on excursion's 

 wing, but returning to quiet home scenes, like Uriel 

 on a sunbeam, or as the author we have quoted sug- 

 gests - - gliding on the silvery mist ; we look out 

 on the summer landscape, where glowing before us 

 in full glory and beauty, expands the SOLSTITIAL 

 ELOBA, the indubitable offspring of increased tem- 

 perature, and we must "gather tlie roses ere they be 

 withered" 



Scarcely has the sun of June arisen, in favourable 

 years, than a very remarkable change is perceptible in 

 the flowers of the woods, meadows, and gardens. The 



