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The genus Hypnum ia represented by the species albicans, rulabulurn, 

 tquarrosstim, vdutinum, pumiktm, triquctrum, irriguum, striatum, confertum, 

 Swartzii, scrpeus, cordifolium, palustre, and dent iculatum ; many of them, how- 

 ever, rarely in fruit yet, spreading equally well by their " proliferous inno- 

 vation." 



Omalia trichomanoides and Ncckcra complanata are of similar occurrence. 



Among the Licliens, which make a way for bolder foliage, numed by 

 their decay, we are presented with the northern forms. 



Umbilicaria, Beatora, Calicium, Cetraria, Parmelia, with its species 

 badia, cincrei conspcrsa, saxatilis, physodes, &c. 



Arthonia glaucomaria, Lecanora tartarea, Lecidea, with Verrvcaria and 

 the nucleiferous section, Stereocaulon paschale, Beomyces roseus, &c. 



The cosmopolite Cladonia, with its species macilenla and pyxidata is very 

 common here, the species G. cornucopi-oidcs, with its bright red apothecia, 

 being a conspicuous feature and bright ornament, when we are otherwise led 

 to exclaim, in the midst of winter's dreary reign on these heights, — 

 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies. 



On the whole the saxicolous is better represented than the corticolous or 

 terricolous division. The Ericas, in their social character on these solitary 

 wilds, impress a certain phjsiognomy peculiar to such a latitude and eleva- 

 tion, yet it may be interesting to remark that aspect and exposure seem 

 to have a correlative effect as regards the distribution of this genus in other 

 localities, for the exposed table land of Hartlebury common, north Worcester, 

 has quite a subalpice aspect, covered with a thick growth of Erica cincrca and 

 tctralix, and two or three species of Lycopodia ; while there ia not a solitary 

 Erica or club moss on the Malvern chain or the immediate neighbourhood. 



Mr. Symonds told me that he has taken the heath from the Longmynds 

 and planttd it on the Beacon, but as yet I have had no opportunity of congratu- 

 lating him or recording his success. 



As regards the Calluna which here marks the moorland zone, its synonym 

 " grig" is, I believe, the only word borrowed by the Salopians from the Welsh. 

 Mr. Hartshorne, in his work "Salopia antiqua," observes, there is no Cambro 

 Silurian patois, proving the English language, as spoken by Salopians in an 

 agricultural district, is marked by extreme accuracy and purity. 



Its congener, Erica cincrca, ia said to have afforded the Picts a delicious 



wholesome liquor. Leyden thus sings of its praises : — 



Though unobtrusive all thy beauties shine, 

 Yet boast thou rival of the purple vine, 

 For once thy mantling juice was seen to laugh 

 In pearly cups which monarch lovid to quaff ; 

 And frequent wake the wild inspired lay 

 On Teviot hills beneath the Pictish sway. 



" De gustibus non est disputandum ! " The royal anti-tobacconist and pedantio 



Stuart, in his celebrated " Counterblaste," puts it in the banquet which he 



proposed for the devil : — 



A loin of pork, a poll of ling, and a pipe of tobacco. 



