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Iridace^. This order has only one representative here, the 

 Iris pseudacorus. The long sword-shaped leaves, and yellow- 

 fleur-de-lis like flowers are known I fancy to every river side 

 rambler. 



Amaryllidace-s. Includes two of the earliest spring flowers, 

 the Daffodil and the Snowdrop. The former plant, Narcissus- 

 pseudo-narcissus grows profusely by the shore of the Lake fn 

 Glencoin Park, just within the limits of Cumberland. I have 

 never seen it in such abundance as here, where it is unquestionably 

 indigenous. The Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, used at one time 

 to grow in patches, at rare intervals, along the shore. It is now 

 all but extinct. 



Trilliace/E. Has only one British type, Paris qiiadrifolia. 

 This remarkable-looking plant grows in the wood between Roehead 

 and Celleron farms in High Barton, but more plentifully in the 

 Stainton wood at Dalemain. 



LiLiACE^. Of this handsome order, three or four species 

 appear within the hmits of the district, but all of them introduced. 

 Ruscus aculeatus, in front of the Mansion House, Watermillock ; • 

 Fritillaria meleagris, on the shore of the Lake at Old Church ; and 

 Lilium martagon, between the mill-race and the river at Dalemain 

 Mill. Allium arenarium grows on House Holme island in the 

 Lake, where it has long been stationed. I do not know with 

 which species in the London Catalogue this plant is synonymous; 

 probably A. scorodoprasiim. The only other garlic common 

 amongst us is A. ursinum : " Ramps," of which cattle appear to 

 be uncommonly fond. Narthecium ossifraguvi : is abundant in 

 most turfy bogs. 



JuNCACE^. About half of the twenty-two species recognised as 

 British may be regarded as indigenous here. Of these the most 

 noteworthy is the diminutive /uncus triglumis, which grows in 

 some of the little streams that have their origin at the foot of 

 Helvellyn, just above the head of the Red Tarn. /. effusus, of 

 the stems of which, less than fifty years ago, rushlights were com- 



