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greatly, and should be looked after next summer, and the permanency 

 of its structure determined. It is very like indeed to E. ovalis, and I 

 fancy will prove identical with that plant, notwithstanding the termi- 

 nal lobe wanting the rugose space. I presume that the tip of this 

 lobe, when laid flat, made the lip as long as the petals and sepals. 

 There is still much to be made out concerning the forms combined 

 under the E. latifolia of authors. A plant which I found several years 

 since near Keswick, and of which my friend Mr. Hort has now ob- 

 tained more advanced specimens, has a lobe to its lip nearly of the 

 shape of your plant, but then the lip is much shorter than the sepals, 

 &c. I fancy that I sent this Keswick plant to Copenhagen lately, 

 and it is decided by Danish botanists to be new to them." The plant 

 has since been seen by several good botanists in London, and pro- 

 nounced to be ovalis. 



We spent considerable time in the hopes of detecting Poterium 

 muricatum, which had recently been first announced as a British 

 plant by G. S. Gibson, but without success. All the examples we 

 could find with the fruit were undoubtedly referrible to P. Sanguisorba. 



Hutchinsia petraea grows on the rocks above ; Daphne Laureola is 

 scattered among the woods, and Aquilegia vulgaris was observed oc- 

 casionally along their margin, but all of course long past flower. 

 Mentha rotundifolia is a plant that grows by the road-sides and path- 

 ways and in many spots in this district in the greatest profusion. On 

 the other side the river Campanula latifolia is a great ornament. Co- 

 nium maculatum forms a perfect forest in one part, of plants from ten 

 to twelve feet high, and is scattered about everywhere. On a stony 

 bank Glyceria distans was found, and in the woods Triticum caninum 

 sparingly. In the river itself Ranunculus fluitans was still floating a 

 few flowers. On the margin a gigantic form of Valeriana officinalis 

 with unusually divided leaves, and the handsome spikes of Lythrum 

 Salicaria and Lysimachia vulgaris were conspicuous. 



Turning up the river, we met with Dipsacus pilosus in great size 

 and plenty, both within the wood, and in the hedges on both sides 

 the pathway. Before coming to the boat-house, where pleasure par- 

 ties on the Wye mostly stop for rest and refreshment, the rocks and 

 woods retreat, leaving a fine smooth open meadow. Here we could 

 not help reclining a little on the green bank by the river side to watch 

 the progress of several boat parties then passing, and listen for a short 

 time to the sweet music and sweeter voices that arose therefrom. We 

 were precisely opposite a fa§ade of high rocks on the other side, 

 which faithfully returned both the softer and the harsher notes that 



