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it ; in pastures it is quickly cropped by cattle, and in meadows 

 speedily overtopped by the other herbage, when it becomes difficult 

 to make it out, as its fronds differ little in shape from the leaves of 

 the Devil's-Bit Scabious, their almost constant neighbour. Botry- 

 chium lunaria, Moonwort : towards the summit of Warnel, about 

 Park Head, sparingly. 



Of Club-Mosses, or Lycopods, a goodly array may be found on 

 the slopes of the mountains. Some, indeed, flourish in the black 

 peat which covers the summits of Carrock and other fells. The 

 following species occur : Lycopodium clavatum, Club Moss, Stag's- 

 Horn of the shepherds ; L. alpinum, Alpine Club-Moss ; L. selago, 

 Fir Club-Moss; L. inundatum. Marsh Club-Moss; and Selaginella 

 selaginoides, Prickly Club-Moss. 



The EguiSETACEiE, or Mare's-tail tribe, has the following repre- 

 sentatives, viz : jEquisetum arvense, Field Horsetail : in wet fields, 

 banks of rivers, and similar places; Filly-tail, Tyad-pipes, &c., of 

 the dalesfolk; a troublesome weed, and extremely difficult to 

 extirpate, its roots penetrating to a great depth. Equlsetum maxi- 

 mum, or E. telmateia, Great Horsetail, is said to grow in Denton 

 Side or Parson Park; but I cannot vouch for the fact. E. sylvaticum, 

 Wood Horsetail : not uncommon in the upper part of the district, 

 in meadows where moisture is abundant. E. palustre, Marsh 

 Horsetail : is sparingly found in sikes and in boggy ground. 

 E. limosum, Smooth Naked Horsetail : is rather an aquatic than 

 palustral plant, usually growing in stagnant water. E. hyemale, 

 Dutch Rushes, or Shave Grass, the last of the family, is one that 

 I have never seen within the Valley, but which is very likely to be 

 found about such places as Mosedale Moss. 



The CharacEjE. Cha/ra syncarpa, or, as it is now called, 

 Nitella opaca, Smooth Chara, is commonly met with in ditches 

 and boggy stagnant pools, where it is probable that other species 

 may be discovered. The Chara family have not long been 

 enrolled in the columns of the London Catalogue, and the 

 different species are now being arranged under a new system of 

 classification. 



