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here and there in the more sheltered parts. We much regretted that 

 we had not time at command more thoroughly to investigate this most 

 interesting locality. 



A single plant of Erodium moschatum was observed on the town 

 walls of Conway. Trifolium medium is tolerably plentiful near Pont-y- 

 Clydd, half-way between Conway and Llanrwst. Near Llanrwst, on 

 the wall which we have no doubt is the same indicated in Newman's 

 ' British Ferns,' as having afforded Asplenium septentrionale in such 

 great abundance, the neat and pretty Thlaspi alpestre grows plenti- 

 fully. 



In Llyn Idwell, which occupies the bottom of the well-known Cwm 

 Tdwell, we had the pleasure of gathering Lobelia Dortmanna for the 

 first time, the few remaining blossoms standing out of the water some- 

 what difficult to reach. Among the fallen rocks up which it is neces- 

 sary to clamber in order to reach Twll Du, thrive Saxifraga hypnoides, 

 Oxyria reniformis, and Silene acaulis. Sedum anglicum and Saxifraga 

 stellaris are abundant throughout the whole of the Snowdon district. 

 In the chasm itself grows Meconopsis cambrica, and it is alone suffi- 

 cient to repay all the toil and exertion of the scramble to see and to 

 gather this fine plant in a situation so truly wild. We did not at- 

 tempt to gain the Lloydia, being far too late in the season to see it in 

 flower. In the descent towards Llanberis, a very steep part of the 

 mountain-side is almost covered with Carduus heterophyllus ; and the 

 course of a romantic streamlet coming down in the form of a continued 

 cascade out of Glyder Vawr, is decorated with the beautiful snow-white 

 blossoms of Parnassia palustris. Under Clogwyn-dur-Arddu, one of 

 the shoulders of Snowdon, we gathered Arabis petrsea, Cochlearia of- 

 ficinalis, var. alpina, Empetrum nigrum in fruit, and a few specimens 

 of Silene acaulis still remaining in flower ; on Clogwyn-y-Garnedd, 

 Thalictrum minus and one single plant of Saxifraga nivalis. 



Myrica Gale perfumes the morning air on the boggy ground be- 

 tween Pont-aber-Glaslyn and Tan-y-bwlch, where Scutellaria minor is 

 also abundant. By the road-side, in an old quarry a little before the 

 station for Asplenium lanceolatum, we noticed a remarkably fine and 

 striking variety of Convolvulus sepium, with handsome pink flowers. 



From Festiniog to Bala is a monotonous dreary road, winding 

 atnong bare, brown, moory mountains, very thinly inhabited, and any- 

 thing but generally interesting to the botanist. At one spot Spiraea 

 salicifolia appears to have spread itself as if naturally, and exceedingly 

 fine by the side of some small rivulets tributaries to the Dee. We 

 again noticed it where it is recorded to have been planted between 



