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scene of our interesting rambles the previous summer, I noticed se- 

 veral of the Hieracia in flower. This is probably the richest district 

 in England for this tribe of plants, and a further examination of their 

 different forms here, would probably lead to this difficult genus being 

 better understood. Among them, besides the common ones, were H. 

 rigidum, Lawsoni, Lapeyrousii, &c. 



Though the two last-named species sometimes rather resemble each 

 other, I cannot at all doubt the permanence of their specific diffe- 

 rences. They grow near together, and in similar situations, yet still 

 preserve their characters, and these are even more strongly developed 

 by cultivation, as has been proved by my friend James Backhouse, of 

 York, who has had plants of them in his garden for a considerable 

 time. The grass recently called Poa Parnellii was in full perfection, 

 but I feel fully persuaded that it is merely a variety of P. nemoralis. 

 Equisetum umbrosum was growing abundantly near Winch Bridge, 

 but I am informed that the fertile stems were very scarce in the spring. 

 Its peculiar habit renders it easily distinguishable fi:om any other spe- 

 cies. I had no opportunity to visit the locality of Alsine uliginosa, 

 neither have I heard that any one has done so during the summer, 

 but had rather hoped that it might have been discovered in some new 

 situation. Woodsia ilvensis was gathered from one of the plants we 

 noticed last year, on the upper ridge of rocks at Falcon Glints. 



But I must leave this interesting locality and proceed. 



On the banks of Ulleswater, near Pooley Bridge, grows. Ranunculus 

 Flammula, B. reptans, presenting an appearance materially different 

 jfrom the usual form of Flammula, so as to give some reason for sup- 

 posing it a distinct species, but this seems to consist chiefly in the 

 very small size of the plant, especially of the flower. Near Stock 

 Gill Force, a picturesque waterfall at Ambleside, is a good locality. 

 Impatiens Noli-me-tangere has long been known to grow there, and it 

 is still found abundantly, apparently wild, though it is difficult to tell 

 when plants so easily propagated may have been introduced. It 

 grows on the steep sides of the Gill, both above and below the path 

 near the mill. In the same woody glen I gathered Festuca Calamaria, 

 Poly podium Phegopteris, Dryopteris, &c. Hymenophyllum Wilsoni 

 is also found there, as well as near several other waterfalls among the 

 lakes, as Scale Force, Lodore, and clothing the sides of the steep 

 rocks at the curious fall of Dungeon Gill, which is embosomed in the 

 romantic valley of Great Langdale. 



At Keswick my information is chiefly borrowed, but I give it, be- 

 cause it may stimulate botanists more fully to explore that rich neigh- 



