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in the books, elaborate as the discrimination of some authors is. Perhaps 

 the divisions of this extensive group cannot be intelligibly defined. Mr. 

 Backhouse's Monograph of the British Hlenicia is a highly artificial and 

 minute investigation into the differences and relations of the species found 

 in this country — the Symbolse ad Historiam Hieraciorum of Fries (Nov. 

 Act. Reg. Soc. Scient. Upsal. vols. xiii. xiv.) a more extended enquiry. 

 The Yorkshire Hieracia have been thoroughly criticised by Mr. Baker in 

 various publications, and I believe he has issued sets of speciQiens in- 

 tended expressly to illustrate the distribution of these plants in North 

 Yorkshire and Teesdale. 



Campanulaceje. 



Campanula latifoliaj L. Hedge-banks near Malham, frequent ! J. No well. 

 Common in the whole Settle district, and called by the rustics " Fox- 

 glove." 52. vii. viii. 



Ertcace-e. 



Vaccinium Vitis-IdcBa, L. Malham Tarn ! 43. vii. 



V. Oxycoccos, L. Malham Moor. 52. vii. 



Pyrola minor, L. A not uncommon plant in the woods of Craven, usually 



frequenting fir-plantations. Woods near Malham, in several places. 



45. vii. 



Jasminace^. 



Ligiistrum vidgare, L. Edge of the shrubby rocks above Gordale ! 

 Dr. Windsor. I imagine that no doubt can be entertained of the 

 indigenous character of the plant in this station. 54. vii. 



Gentianace^. 



Gentiana Amarella, L. Between Stockdale-edge and Malham ! Dr. Wind- 

 sor. Near the guide-post between Lanscar and Ing Scar ! 68. viii. ix. 



Folemonium c<Bruleum, L. Gordale and^^Malham Cove ! Indigenous here, 

 but often met with in other places as an escape from cultivation. 5. vii. 



SCROPHULAEIACE^. 



Bartsia alpina, L. Gordale ! Between Malham Tarn and Kilnsoy, J, 

 Tatham. 5. vii. 



Euphrasia officinalis, L. Several forms of this plant occur in West York- 

 shire, some of which were set down in the Flora of the West-Riding 

 under E. officinalis, b. gracilis. The Malham stations there mentioned 



