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ESS. LXXVI1 



Potentilla palustris, Scop. ; Calluna vulgaris, Hull (on 

 drier mounds); Erica Tetralix, Linn, (in small patches); 

 Narthecium ossifragum, Huds. ; Juncus, spp. ; Erio- 

 phorum vaginatum, Linn. ; Car ex, spp. ; Sphagnum, spp. 



Moorland. 



There are great stretches of moorland, imparting to it 

 that bleakness which has become proverbial of the parish. 

 Peat is developed more or less all over ; from the district 

 of Lilly Loch on the north-west — Lady Bell's Moss cover- 

 ing a large area — across to the south by Salsburgh to 

 Jersay Moor and the region beyond ; then to the east by 

 Fortisset and Baton to the wide expanse of Benhar Moor 

 which runs into Polkemmet and Fauldhouse Moors in 

 Linlithgowshire : and on the north-east there is peat. 



The grass heaths which should come under this heading 

 also have already been dealt with. 



Calluna, is not found in very great abundance on the 

 moors. It is occasionally found in somewhat extensive 

 patches on the grass heaths, as on Jersay Moor. To the 

 west of Hartwood there is some development of Calluna, 

 but the ground has recently been planted with conifers 

 and birches. 



Sphagnum is found in the boggy parts, and associated 

 with it are found the following plants : — Drosera rotundi- 

 folia, Linn. ; Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Linn. ; Erica Tetra- 

 lix, Linn. ; Pinguictda vulgaris, Linn. ; Narthecium ossi- 

 fragum, Huds. ; Eriophorum vaginatum, Linn. ; Juncus, 

 spp. ; Carex, spp. 



There are stretches of Eriophorum in places, e.g. in the 

 north-east and south-east. The peat here is very thick 

 and much water is present. Eriophorum vaginatum, 

 Linn., and E. angust {folium, Roth, are both found — the 

 waving of their silky heads doing much to relieve the 

 monotony of the bleak, brown moorland. The extent of 

 Eriophorum to the south-east — on Benhar Moor — may be 

 of late development. Inquiries have elicited the fact that, 

 previous to the opening up of the mineral resources of 

 this district, about forty years ago, there was a great de- 

 velopment of ling {Calluna) which, however, was killed 

 off by the smoke and fumes from iron-stone burning. 



