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the Llangynog and Llandrillo road^ and perhaps a furlong from 

 the ridge which marks the division of the counties Montgomery 

 and Merionethshire. There it was plentiful beneath the shelter 

 of the common Heath, where there is a tolerably thick surface 

 of decaying Mosses, in which, and not in the earth, the slender 

 roots of this elegant plant love to creep. We afterwards met 

 with it in several distant parts of the mountain, and it even 

 occurs at no great distance from the same ridge about five miles 

 nearer to the highest peak, viz. Cader Fronwen, and perhaps one 

 mile from its summit. Again we find it two or three miles from 

 Llandrillo ; and lastly it occurs within about a couple of miles 

 of our own village. ... I hope to send you from time to time 

 a few stray notices which may prove helpful to some of our bo- 

 tanical tourists who may visit these parts. . . . W. P. 



Llandderfel, July, 1860. 



Ruhus Chamamorus. 



This plant grows in the greatest abundance in the Berwyn 

 mountains, and is perfectly known to the cottagers, who call it 

 by a Welsh name which means the Berwyn Mulberry. The 

 place in which we found this plant in such plenty, is an extensive 

 bog very high up in the mountain, due west from Cader Fron- 

 wen, perhaps one mile from this conspicuous cairn-crowned peak 

 (it is the loftiest summit of the entire Berwyn range), and near 

 the head of the easternmost of the numerous Nants or Cwms 

 leading down towards Llandrillo from various parts of the ridge. 

 The spot will be recognized by the immense quantity of the 

 larger Eriphorum which in a manner engrosses the place to the 

 exclusion of nearly all other herbage. This bog is of great ex- 

 tent, but we found it pretty sound and safe to walk upon (in 

 July), and it may be a mile and a half from that track used by 

 the country people where the ridge is crossed in going from Llan- 

 drillo to Llanarmon, and a good two or two and a half miles from 

 a similar track over the same ridge leading to Pistyll Bhaiadr. 

 It was remarked by us that good fruit specimens of the Cloud- 

 berry were extremely rare this season : the most of the plants 

 after having flowered had proved barren, so that it was with 

 some difficulty that we could secure one or two specimens with 

 fruit. The plant, however, when topped by a ripe fruit, makes a 

 very pretty appearance, as it is a fine lively colour, differing, I 



