380 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [December, 



places, all over the mountain, Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium 

 Myrtillus, and V. Vitis-idan, were plentiful. On the dry grassy- 

 slopes, we found plenty of Festuca ovina, Antennaria dioica, and 

 Gentiana campestris. Of the more common Ferns, we collected 

 during our ramble on the mountain Lastrea Oreopteris, L. dila- 

 tata, Blechnum boreale, Polypodium vulgare, AspleniumAdiantum- 

 nigrvm, and A. Trichomanes. We made a large collection of 

 Mosses, of which the following are the most worthy of notice : — 

 Bartramia fonfana, B. pomiformis, B. arcuata, B. halleriana, 

 Bryvm nutans, B. cuspidatum, B. capillare, Andrecea alpina, A. 

 Rothii, Dicranum virens, Weissia acuta, Grimmia stricta, and 

 Polytrichuin alpinum. Our time did not allow us to explore this 

 famous mountain as we wished to have done, especially its rocky 

 cliffs ; and we have no doubt but should we have another oppor- 

 tunity of revisiting it, we will be rewarded by the discover^ of 

 several otlier alpine floral gems. 



BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 

 Epipactis purpurata in Middlesex. 



A fair correspondent — but one who does not wish her name to be kept 

 secret, like several of our correspondents, both of the softer and rougher 

 sex — has sent nie, among other matters, the following account of the un- 

 expected appearance of the above species where it had not been previously 

 seen, or if seen, had not been recorded in any recent publication : — 



" I can assure you that this Orchid, whatever be its name, has never 

 been brought here, and certainly is of spontaneous growth. I have re- 

 sided in this place for thirty-one years, and never saw it till witliin the last 

 few years anywhere about the grounds, nor in one particular locabty till 

 two years ago. Of this I am perfectly cei-tain, and am quite willing you 

 should attest the same as a fact on my authority. M. A. W." 



Note. The locality of the above is near Enfield. — Ed. 



List of Plants found within Five Miles of Lytham, on 

 THE Bank of the Eibble. 



In and about a ditch on the left-hand side of the footpath immediately 

 after passing the new dock : — Sclrpus marUmms, Slum angust'ifolium, 

 Jpiiim graveolens, all plentiful. Between high-water mark and the culti- 

 vated ground: — Cakile marltima, occasionally; Melilotus officinalis, occa- 

 sionally ; Rumex maritimus, scarce ; Geranium sanguineus, Naze Point, 

 scarce ; Atriptex laciniata, occasionally ; (Enanthe peucedanifolia, salt- 



