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Passing Into the wood and treading on the fallen honours of the year, we found 

 Mosses without number, and Lichens almost as plentiful. The common Yellow 

 Lichen^ (Parmelia parietina,) is not confined to walls, as its name implies, 

 but was found decking the stems of old trees with its sober yellow hue; and 

 the Ivy, (Iledera helix,) climbed up their trunks and crept along their leafless 

 branches, making the old young again in its covering of unfading green. 



The Honeysuckle, (Lonicera periclimenum,) was still sparingly in flower. Of 

 Fungi, I picked nearly a score; and among others the common Mushroom, 

 (^Agarictts campestris,) A, piperattts, A. semiglohatijs, A. awantiaciis, the long 

 bell-shaped A. comcvtus, and A, ovatus. On one or two spots in Roslin dell 

 we found the Wavey Hair Grass, (Aira Jiexuosa;) and we frequently came upon 

 patches of the tufted species, {A. cosspiiosa,) with its large panicles of shining 

 silvery hue. The object of our search, however, was the more rare grass, the 

 Miliu7n effusum, and we were successful enough to procure a few half-withered 

 plants, growing among thousands of Bromus asper and Melica uniflora. The 

 ferns must not be passed over; besides those already noticed, the large 

 feathery fronds of Lastrea filix-rnas and Athyrium Jilix-foemina were every- 

 where seen waving in mournful beauty among the sere and yellow leaves of 

 autumn. Between the crevices of the rocks, the Wall-rue, (Asplenium rvta 

 muraria,) held its place, and was accompanied by A, trichomanes and Lomaria 

 spicanL 



Alopeeurns agredis flowered in patches near the uneven shady walk in Roslin; 

 and close by the old chapel I found a few specimens of the Flat-stalked 

 Meadow-Grass, (Poa compressa.) Besides the Fungi already mentioned, I 

 procured fine specimens of Agaricus dealbatus, A, micaceus^ A. semiovatics, 

 and A. peronalus; with a whole multitude of the smaller parasitic kinds, as 

 yEcidiums and Uivdos. 



After all, perhaps it would have been as much to the purpose to have given 

 a simple list of the plants found; and thus more information might have been 

 conveyed, and less space occupied; but ^'The Naturalist" dislikes dry details, 

 and so do I! 



Edinburgh, November ISth,, 1851. 



A BOTANICAL RAMBLE ON THE SEA COAST, 

 BETWEEN GOODRINGTON AND PAIGNTON. 



BY S. HANNAFORD, ESQ., JUN. 



A BRIGHT cool morning tempted me a few days since, in company with a 

 Botanical friend, to explore the Botany of the sea-side. The nearest point 

 at which we could reach the sea was Paignton, a small village about five 

 miles from where I write. We started early in the morning, preferring the 

 old Paignton road, through Berry and Blagdon, as more shady than the new, 

 which brought us out nearly opposite Collaton. In our way we noticed the 



