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is spread before the observer's eye. Very near is Eversley, the beloved 

 home of Charles Kingsley ; while beyond, in the southern distance, 

 is Fleet Pond and the Surrey hills, with a most interesting vegetation. 

 Farther on lies the camp of Aldershot, and to the south-east is seen 

 the long line of the Hog's-back : in the nearer distance is the country 

 about Wellington College and Sandhurst, and the rounded knoll of 

 Ambarrow, while the wooded hills of High Clere appear on the 

 western horizon. This portion of the district contains part of the 

 common of Kisely, which is to some extent brought into cultivation, 

 and also Finchampstead Leas, which are practically an extension of 

 the Hampshire common of Bramshill. The Leas are noticeable from 

 the profusion of Bhamnus Frangula which they contain. Bryopteris 

 dilatata, D. spinulosa, Blechnum, and Aihyriuni FiUx-foemina also occur 

 there. A coppice near the Leas is one of the two known localities in 

 Berkshire for Pyrola minor, while Genista iinctoria, Stellaria umhrosa, 

 Geranium columhinum, Carex elongata, Scirpiis sylvaticus, and Fumaria 

 muralis also occur in the vicinity. In the heath country a pool is 

 occasionally met with in and around which the vegetation, both in 

 this and in the country drained by the Emme stream, usually consists 

 of Ranunculus Flammula, R. peltatus, Stellaria tdiginosa, Montia, Hypericum 

 elodes, Millegrana Racliola, Drosera rotundifolia, D. longifolia {intermedia), 

 Peplis Portida, Ejrilobium palustre. Hydrocotyle, Ajmmi inundatum, Galium 

 2)alustre, Erica Tetralix, Myosotis cespitosa, Centunculus, Veronica scutellata, 

 Pedicularis palustris, P. sylvatica, Anagallis tenella, Scidellaria minor, Mentha 

 veiiicillata, M. aquatica, Littorella, Potamogeton polygonifolius, Narthecium, 

 Juncus bidbosus (supinus), Scirpus fluitans, Eriophorum angusti folium, Carex 

 echinata, C. canescens, C. flava, Pilularia, Ltjcopodium inundatum, &c. 



"The extensive tract of ground, to a great extent uncultivated, lying 

 betw-een Caesar's Camp, Bracknell, Bagshot Heath, the Surrey 

 boundary, Blaekwater, Finchampstead, Wellington College, and Long 

 Moor, with the large ponds at Sandhurst, offers a rich variety of 

 plants. On the fir-clad tops of the arid higher eminences Calluna, 

 Erica cinerea, Agrostis setacca, Deschampsia Jlexuosa, and Pteris are the 

 chief ingredients in the vegetation. In the long marshy bottoms 

 Erica Tetralix, MoHnia varia, Rynchospora cdba, Carex hinervis, C. pulicaris, 

 C. echinata, C. flava, C. rostrata, Scirpus caespitosus, Eleocharis midticaulis, 

 Eriophorum angustifolium, Agrostis canina, Cnicus pratensis, Drosera rotundi- 

 folia, D. longifolia, Narthecium, Hypericum elodes, Potamogeton polygonifolius, 

 Gentiana Pneunomanthe, Genista anglica, Juncus buJbosus, Nardus, Salix 

 repens, Orchis latifolia, and Juncoides multiflorum are the chief plants. 

 When a little shade is afforded by a thicket of Birch or Alder we 

 shall find, especially by the deep trenches, Hydrocotyle, Viola palustris, 

 Lotus uliginosus, Blechnuyn, Dryopteris dilatata, B. spinidosa, Rubus carpini- 

 folius, R. suberectus, Rhamnus Frangula, Myrica, and Potamogeton polygoni- 



