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are represented by Epilobium angustifolium on the rocks over 

 Otterstone, UUswater ; and E. alsinifoliimi, splendid specimens of 

 which grow in the rills which pour down the slopes of Kirkstone 

 towards Brotherswater. 



Stonecrops and Saxifrages abound, there being seven species of 

 the former, and eight of the latter, reputed as indigenous to Lake- 

 land. The beautiful Grass of Parnassus is a special ornament on 

 every mountain slope down which the water makes its way from 

 some lofty spring. 



Not many umbelliferous plants can be discovered at an altitude 

 exceeding looo feet, though the Wild Angelica is occasionally met 

 with. The Common Elder, the Guelder Rose, and the Honey- 

 suckle, are all present in varying situations and numbers. The 

 RubiacEjE find representatives in the Mountain-, Marsh-, and 

 Ladies' Bedstraw ; and the Marsh Valerian occurs in wet places 

 early in the season. 



Of the Composite we have a fair variety. The Marsh Thistle 

 is conspicuously plentiful in wet heathy ground. The Melancholy 

 Thistle grows about Ashness Gill and Beckbottom farm in Matter- 

 dale, and the Carline Thistle abounds in Ennerdale and about 

 Gowbarrow Fell. The Cudweeds found are the common form 

 which occasionally shows itself on dry rocky prominences ; and 

 Gnaphalium dioicum, on Brockle Crag, Skiddaw, and the Side 

 Woods in Ennerdale. Senecio sylvaticus is a frequent occupant of 

 hillside quarry grounds. Of the Hawkweeds, in addition to 

 Hieraciuni pilosella, I have found the following — H. aftglicum on 

 the rocks in Cawdale ; H. vulgatum, H. mnrorum, H. corymbostim, 

 and H. boreale occur not unfrequently, especially the last named. 



Ericaceae. — Bilberry, Cranberry, Cowberry, and the Bog 

 Whortleberry, are all reputed as indigenous on our elevated 

 moors; indeed, I can personally vouch for all except the last 

 mentioned, which I do not remember to have seen. The Bear- 

 berry is represented as a native of Martindale Forest. The 

 Cross-leaved and the Fine-leaved Heaths, as well as the common 

 Ling, are everywhere plentifully distributed. The grandest examples 

 of Erica cinerea I have ever seen grow in Ennerdale. Gentiana 



