Xliv. THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



of its features. Other associates of heather on peat, such as 

 Andromeda, Arctostaphylos, Pyrola, and Listeva covdata, are either 

 now extinct or too limited in distribution to include in the 

 following list. 



The associates of heather on such moors are : 



Erica cinerea (Heath) /uncus squavvosus 



Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry) Scirpus ctzspitosus 



V. Vitis Idcea (Cowberry) Cavex Goodenowii 



Genista anglica C. flacca 



Ulex Gall ii C. pilnlifeva 



Antennavia dioica Deschampsia fiexuosa 



Potent ill a silvestvis Xavdus strict a. 

 Gal nun sax at He 



In moister places Bilberry and Junciis squarrosus become 

 more prominent, and additional species appear, viz : — Erica 

 Tetralix (Heath) and Empetvum nigrum (Crowberry) ; and in 

 boggy patches, 



Scholleva Oxycoccus Potamogcton polygonifolius 



Ranunculus Lenovmaudi Eviophovum vaginatum 



Montia fontana E. angustifolium 



Droseva rotundifolia Cavex pidicaris 



Narthecium ossifragum C. curta 



Juncns conglomeratus Molinia varia 



and species of Sphagnum, but the members of this last list are 

 by no means obtrusive on the heather moor. 



So far we have had under consideration what has been 

 termed the " Heide " and " Heidemoor," the distinction 



between the two not being very well marked 

 Cotton -grass in this district. We now come to the high 

 Moors. moors that bound the parish on the south- 



west, west, and north-west. These appear to 

 correspond to the " Sphagnum-moor " or " peat-bog," in 

 which the peat attains its maximum development, but as the 

 dominant plant over the whole of this area is undoubtedly the 

 cotton-grass, Eviophovum vaginatum, the name Cotton-grass 

 Moor, or Eriophorum Moor — as suggested by Mr. C. E. 

 Moss, who lias been the first to call attention to this char- 

 acteristic feature— will be used to designate it, though 

 it is as well to mention that cotton-grass is not a grass 

 at all, but a sedge. The aspect of these " mosses " differs 

 very much from that of the heather-moors. Wiry, creeping 

 bushes give place to innumerable, grass-like tussocks, which 



