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many of the preceding species, to the upland part of the Valley, 

 but occurs by the edges of the Robeck and Caldew on both the 

 Rose Castle and Holm Hill estates. C. amfullacea, Slender- 

 Beaked Bottle-Sedge : a very common species in many parts of 

 Cumberland in marshy pools and by river sides. The above list 

 includes all the species that I have noticed within the limits of the 

 Valley ; but I regard it as far from exhaustive, having a conviction 

 that others of the family would be found on careful search. 



The Gramina, or Grasses, occv^py the next position in the 

 Catalogue, but as I have specially treated upon them in a paper 

 already published in the Society's Transactions^ Vol. V., it would 

 be superfluous to travel over the same ground. I would, however, 

 mention that since the volume in question was issued, I have had 

 specimens of Poa alpina, Alpine Meadow Grass, gathered on 

 Skiddaw, kindly forwarded to me by Mr. W. Duckworth of Stanwix; 

 and I have myself found Poa nemoralis, Wood Meadow Grass ; 

 Festuca sylvatica, Wood Fescue ; and Bromus commutattis, Meadow 

 Brome Grass, in different parts of Cumberland. I hardly look 

 upon the last mentioned as indigenous here. 



A few remarks on the local Ferns must conclude the present 

 paper. The indiscriminating and reckless rooting up and carrying 

 off our rarer species, has rendered the true lover of plants chary 

 of divulging the stations where he has noted their growth. The last 

 letter I ever received from my late venerable friend and corre- 

 spondent, Mr. W. Dickinson of Thorncroft, lamented this plant 

 slaughter, and he strongly urged me to be very reticent on such 

 matters. I now look upon this recommendation as the dying 

 injunction of a gentleman who, in many and varied phases of the 

 study of Natural History, was an honour to his native Cumberland; 

 and whose decease has left a blank among us that will not readily 

 be filled up. 



Adhering to the plan adopted in the previous notes, I remark 

 that Eymenophyllum unilaterale, Wilson's Film Fern, our smallest 

 local species, may be found in many of the gills on both Skiddaw 

 and Carrock. Pteris aquilina, Common Brakes, universally known 



