260 VISIT TO HUMPHREY HEAD. [September, 



altliough I trust not less attentive than on former ones, were 

 not quite so satisfactory, perhaps, as on my first visit, chiefly 

 owing, I believe, to the tide being up to the very base of the 

 impending cliff for a considerable portion of its extent. 



On the beach below the nether portion of the promontory, I 

 picked up in plenty Triglochin maritimum, Glaux maritima, 

 Plantago maritima, Armeria maritima, Cochlearia danica, Sa- 

 molus Valerandi, Juncus supinus, etc. 



Passing further on, as far as the tide permitted, I saw on 

 the rocks, Sesleria ccerulea out of flower, Hieracium pallidum, 

 H. murorum, Arabis hirsuta, Arenaria serpyllifolia, Prenanthes 

 muralis,Lactuca Prenantkes,Pimpinella Saxifraga, etc. OiHy- 

 pochoeris maculata I saw some specimens in full flower, but some- 

 what out of reach, though I was half-inclined to make the dan- 

 gerous attempt, but was dissuaded by my companions. Had the 

 tide permitted a further advance along the base of the rock, I 

 doubt not that I might have collected specimens, as I did last 

 year, both of it and of Veronica hybrida, Silene maritima, etc. 



Compelled thus to retrace my steps, I scaled the wall skirting 

 the wood, and passing up it by an imperfect, craggy path, 

 pointed out to me last year, I was enabled readily, though not 

 without some scrambling, to reach the summit, and thus avoided 

 a very circuitous route, involving much time and labour. I 

 regretted not having time for a more protracted research of 

 the wood, and in passing up only observed Paris quadrifolia in 

 great abundance, Polysticimm aculeatum, and the white-flowered 

 form of Orchis maculata. 



I may remark that I unsuccessfully sought for Atropa 

 Belladonna near the wall, where your fair and intelligent cor- 

 respondent, some months ago, speaks of having found it. I 

 believe it is still found about the ruins of Furness Abbey, some 

 distance off. 



Having gained the summit, I found most of its old occu- 

 pants : as Spir(Ba Filipendida ; Helianthemum canum in flower, 

 near the brink of the precipice, in several places, but still 

 rare in comparison with H. vulgare near it ; Asperula cy- 

 nancJiica, which I collected abundantly last year, and trans- 

 mitted to the Thirsk Botanical Exchange Club, seemed to be 

 entirely supplanted by Galium pusillum, probably from my 

 earlier visit on this occasion. The surface of the mount was 



