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deep spongy bogs than on the sandy beach ; it may be found in 



the Salta Moss, by Dubmill, and in Bowness Moss : at no great 

 distance from the shore in either case. 



PoLYGALACEiE. — Polygala vulgaris; this pretty flower may be 

 gathered among the drier patches of vegetation about the edges of 

 gorse brakes, etc.; pink, blue, and white varieties are not un- 

 frequent. 



CaryophvllacEjE. — Dianthus armeria ; this is a common 

 sea-side flower. Along the "flows" around the estuary of the 

 Wampool there are literally acres of pinks, varying in shades of 

 colouring from deep crimson to almost pure white. All through 

 summer and autumn it continues to bloom. Silejie inflata, an 

 inland rather than a shore plant ; a few plants noticed this season 

 a httle to the west of the old passenger station at Maryport ; about 

 Camerton Railway Station, abundant. S. maritima ; this species, 

 unlike the last, is everywhere present along the shore, of which it 

 is one of the leading ornaments during summer. Lychiis vespertina 

 is more plentiful towards the shore than I have elsewhere observed ; 

 towards evening, when the dew is falling, the flowers become 

 odoriferous. L. diurna ; many botanists are of opinion that this 

 plant and the preceding one are but varieties of the same species : 

 I hardly concur in this view, as I never could detect in the Red 

 Campion any trace of the pleasant odour that distinguishes the 

 other. Z. flos-ciiculi ; this Campion, when in full blossom, is a 

 characteristic feature of all the low-lying meadows towards the 

 shore ; I have seen some such fields beyond Allonby, so entirely 

 covered with it, as to resemble nothing so much as a gigantic 

 garden of Sweet Williams. Before quitting this section of the 

 Pink family, I may notice that a single plant of Saponaria vaccaria 

 was gathered this summer among the rubbish near Risehow. It 

 was but a small specimen of the species. It appears in the list of 

 excluded plants usually found in the Appendix of the London 

 Catalogue as aliens, waifs of cultivation, etc. 



Cerastium teirandrum ; this small plant is one that I had never 

 observed before the spring of the present year, when I found it 



