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921 feet; Cow Rock, Rumbles Moor, 860 feet. The rarer 

 plants are, Botrychium Lunaria ; Osmunda regalis ; Polypodium 

 phegopteris, dryoptcris; Aspidium oreopteris, acideatum, loba- 

 tum, dilatation ; Asplenium viride, trichomanes, Adiantum ni- 

 grum, Ruta muraria, Blechnum boreale, Pteris crispa, Cyathea 

 fragilis, Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, and 80 Musci, all near 

 Halifax: Veronica montana, Scandix odorata, Narcissus pseudo- 

 Narcissus, Pyrola media and minor, Prumis padus, Rubus 

 idmis, chamcemorus ; Trollius europceus, Geianium pyrenaicum, 

 Epipactis latifolia, Crocus nudiflorus, &c. 



The moors, in general, are clothed with the three species of 

 Heath : the Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium oxycoccos, and Vitis 

 idtea are also common ; the more elevated parts furnishing the 

 Rubus chamcemorus, saxatilis, Lycopodium clavatum, selago, al- 

 pinum ; and, at the highest part, Arbidus uva ursi. 



Retracing our steps to Greenhow Hill, and proceeding 

 north-west, we come to the mountain district of Craven, chiefly 

 consisting of compact limestone. Here we are presented with 

 many most magnificent scenes, equally pleasing to the lover of 

 landscape and to the botanist. The rocks at Gordale Scar and 

 Malham Cove, rising several hundred feet perpendicular, are 

 probably not to be equalled in England. The mountains are 

 of great elevation ; Ingleborough, 2368 feet; Pennigent, 2281 

 feet; Great Whernside, 2309 feet; West Simon-Seat, 1593 

 feet; Beamsley Rock, J 310 feet ; Spode Hill Bank, 1223 feet; 

 Sutton Crag, 1161 feet. Many of the summits of the higher 

 parts of these mountains are covered with sandstone, producing 

 ling and other plants common on that soil. The undisturbed 

 woods, particularly about Bolton Abbey, afford a rich harvest 

 for the botanist. Here trees of great age and immense mag- 

 nitude may be seen literally covered with a profusion of cryp- 

 togarnous plants, resembling a garden in miniature ; Lichens 

 hang in festoons from the branches, whilst the bark is hidden 

 from view by innumerable mosses, on which vegetate Hepaticce 

 and Filices. The plants upon or near Ingleborough are, 

 Rubus chamannorus, Aetata spicata, Sedum villosum, Sesle?'ia 

 ccemlea, Poa glauca, Festuca vivipara, Primida farinosa, Po- 

 lemonium cceruleum, Ophrys cordata, Serapias longifolia, Rho- 

 diola rosea, ConvallariaPolygonatum, Saxifraga stellaris, oppo- 

 sitifolia ; Thalictrum minus, Draba muralis, Thlaspi arvense,Co- 

 chlearia officinalis, Geranium sylvaticum, sanguineum ; Gnapha- 

 lium dioicum, Solida virgo aurea y, Serapias ensifolia and rubra. 

 In the district are found, Chara hispida, Galium borcalc, Viola 

 lutea, Gentiana campestris, Ornithogalum lutcum, Convallaria 

 multiflora, Epilobium alpinum, Polygonum vivipamm, Saxifraga 

 aizoides, hypnoides, Stellaria nemorum, Arenaria verna, Po- 



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