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the species-maker would here be manifesting the greatest love of truth, 

 or the smallest zest for notoriety. 



Hewett C. Watson. 



Thames Ditton, August, 1846. 



Plants collected in Westmoreland S^c. in July, 1845. 

 By Joseph Sidebotham, Esq. 



1 SEND you a list of a few of the rarer plants collected during a 

 short visit to the lakes of Westmoreland &c., in July, which may be 

 interesting to some of your reades. 



Thalictrum minus, var. /3. majus. On the mountains above Pat- 

 terdale. 



Hypericum calycinum. Road-side near Brathay, in several places, 

 probably escaped from a garden. 



Saxifraga aizoides and stellaris. On the borders of most of the 

 mountain streams, very line on Langdale Pikes. 



Saxifraga hypnoides, var. |3. platypetala. In a ravine in Patterdale. 



Lobelia Dortmanna. Rydal-lake &c., abundant. 



Primula farinosa. This beautiful plant, which I here met with for 

 the first time, grows plentifully on swampy ground and the borders of 

 mountain streams. 



Juncus Jiliformis. Derwent- water. 



Carex rigida. Helvellyn, above Red tarn : the foliage was in a 

 beautiful state. 



Salix herhacea. In flower on Swirrel-edge, Helvellyn. 



reticulata. Mountain above Brother's water, Patterdale. 



Poa nemoralis. Stock-gill, Ambleside. 



Allosorus crispus. Some of the mountain sides were completely 

 green with tufts of this beautiful fern. 



Asplenium viride. Wet rocks above Patterdale. 



Hymenophyllum Wilsoni. In fructification in Patterdale, Stock 

 Gill and Langdale Pikes. 



Isoetes lacustris. In Rydal-lake. 



Lycopodium selaginoides. Very fine and abundant on wet banks 

 &c. Some specimens gathered on Loughrigg were four inches high. 



Andraa alpina, Rothii and rtipestris. Helvellyn &c. 



Bartramia Halleriana. In fruit in a ravine near Brother's water. 



Bryum crudum. Scawdale Fell, Patterdale. 



elongatmn. Abundant on the sides of mountains. 



