36 BOTANICAL NOTES FROM BUXTON TO MILLERS DALE. 



Lower down the dale 1 was very glad to meet with the pretty 

 mossy saxifraga, Saxifraga Iiypnoides [Linn.), which I had not 

 before seen there, though it grows in several places in the 

 neighbourhood. 



All the cliffs on the right hand side of the road were fringed 

 with various species of the Hawkweed, with their bright golden 

 flowers. Among them I noticed Hieracium murorum {Linn. J>t.), 

 with its thin leaves, arched peduncles, and hoary phyllaries, 

 Hieracium ccesium {Fr.), var, Smitliii [Baker), an exact reproduc- 

 tion of the plants which grow upon the Limestone Scars of Settle, 

 in Yorkshire. Here, let me say, the true Hieracium ccesium is 

 not to be found in the British Isles ; the variety only is to be 

 met with. 



Nearly at the end of this dale, on a bed of Toadstone, is to 

 be found the pretty Butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris [Littn. , which 

 also may be seen growing on the ledges of the rocks of Topley 

 Pike, but not in the profusion in which it is to be seen in York- 

 shire and Westmoreland. 



Near the foot of Topley Pike a path leaves the Bakewell Road, 

 and keeps near the river side. Pursuing this, we soon enter 

 Blackwell Dale, and here, in the season, we find the river Wye 

 covered with the white, starry flower oi Ranunculus pseudo-fitii/aiis 

 {Bab.), a plant which occurs in most of the ]ime.stone dales, and 

 which is distinguished from the true Kanuticulus fluiians {Latn.), 

 by its sessile submerged leaves. A specimen of this plant is 

 exhibited, obtained on a former visit. 



Pursuing our way down the dale, a good-sized tuft of Tragopogon 

 pratense {Linn.), var. mi>ws {Mill), is to be seen, and on a woody 

 bank a fine bush of Pyrus Aria {Linn.), with its corymb of white 

 flowers, greets the eye. 



On the stones of the railway embankment a large number of 

 the Hawkweeds grow. Among them I discovered Hieraciiun 

 pallidum [Biv.), a species closely allied to Hieraciufu ccBsium {Fr.) 

 before mentioned, from which it differs by its yellow styles and 

 leaves fringed with white hairs j the var. tiemorosum {Backh.) 

 of Hieracium vulgatum {Fr.), from which it differs by its 



