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and Barn Moors, Compton. Melica unitlora is abundant upon most 

 of the shady hedge-banks &c. Viscum album is abundant upon most 

 of the tine old whitethorns in Peperharrow Park, and in two instances 

 it has established itself upon the Acacia. Several lime-trees in Lose- 

 ley Park present a remarkable appearance from the exuberance of this 

 parasite. 



The third division comprehends large tracts of barren heath, princi- 

 pally occupying the western and south-western portions of the district 

 rising in many places into arid elevations, while the plains and hol- 

 lows afford boggy ground and extensive ponds. 



Many delightiul rambles may be made in these directions. Witley 

 Lagg is rich in bog-plants : — here may be found Viola palustris, Dro- 

 sera rotundifolia and intermedia, Epilobium angustifolium, towering 

 with its beautiful and conspicuous racemes of rose-coloured flowers ; 

 the delicate and interesting Campanula hederacea is found intermixed 

 with Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Scutellaria minor, Narthecium ossifragum 

 and a plentiful supply of Carices. The numerous morasses on Witley 

 Common will offer similar plants, with the addition of Hypericum 

 elodes, Radiola millegrana, Peplis Portula, Anagallis tenella and Salix 

 fusca. On the drier and elevated portions Teesdalia nudicaulis and 

 Arenaria rubra are plentiful. Cuscuta Epithymum is frequently to be 

 seen in tangled masses, profusely overrunning the Erica?, Ulex nanus, 

 &c. Matricaria Chamomilla is also plentiful, and its perfume is quite 

 overpowering on a warm sunny evening; this plant also occurs upon 

 Highdown Heath, in the vicinity of Pleck Pond, on the margins of 

 which grow Veronica scutellata and Littorella lacustris, — the latter in 

 abundance. The moors skirting Witley Common on the north, will 

 afford, amongst other good things, Carduus pratensis and Eriophorum 

 vaginatum. Upon the margin of Forked Pond, Typha angustifolia is 

 plentiful. Arnoseris pusilla abounds in a gravelly field behind the 

 public house at the Hammer Ponds. The extensive heaths in the di- 

 rection of Thursley cannot fail to attract attention, and will amply 

 repay the trouble of investigation. In the turf-pits will be found Utii- 

 cularia minor, Rhynchospora alba, the Eriophori, and a host of bog 

 plants. Elstead and Puttenham Commons are equally prolific. On 

 the latter, at Cut-mill Pond, immediately bordering upon the parish of 

 Godalming, the interesting addition of Elatine Hydropiper to the 

 southern Flora, has been made by Mr. Walter Reeves, for I have no 

 doubt " Cuck mills " is a misprint in the ' Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History' for Cut Mill, as this is within five miles of Farn- 

 hani, and I can hear of no such place as Cuck Mills. This very 



