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tiful and rare species might easily be overlooked as a young state of J. neniorosa, 

 from which it is, however, truly distinct. 

 J nngermannia cnmplanata and scalaris. In fruit. 



polyanthos. By the Esk and Lythe beck ; with calyces. 



Trichomanis and bidentata. 



reptans &c platypliylla. A solitary tuft of each observed in Newtondale 



laxifolia & trichophylla. Near the waterfall in Goadland beck ; calyces 



— dilatata, Tamarisci, pinyuis, epiphylla and furcata. 



Lyellii P Near the waterfall in Goadland beck, growing upon Hyp- 



num commutatum. This approaches nearest to the variety called J. hiberuica 

 by Hooker, but is above twice the size of any specimens in my possession under 

 either name, and the perichaetium (or outer calyx) is longer, with repeatedly la- 

 ciniated segments. I found plenty of pistilla but no fruit, the season being too 

 early. 



A remarkable circumstance in the cryptogamic Flora of Eskdale is 

 the total absence of the geneva Neckera and Anomodon ; whereas in 

 other districts of similar appearance, but at a distance from the east- 

 ern coast, such as Wharfedale, Castle Howard, &c., I have found the 

 two species of Anomodon and two of Neckera (N. puraila and crispa) 

 distributed in tolerable plenty; and the abundance of N. viticulosum 

 is generally characteristic. Jungermannia reptans and platyphylla 

 also, plants which are usually so abundant in rocky situations, do not 

 appear to exist in Eskdale ; their sparing occurrence in Newtondale 

 has been remarked above, but this is fourteen miles from the sea, and 

 belongs to another system of drainage. Richard Spruce. 



York, February 17, 1813. 



Art. CXXXI. — Remarks on the threatened extermination of rare 

 Plants hy the rapacity of Collectors. By S. H. Haslam, Esq. 



Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, 



March 7th, 1843. 



" Fortunati ambo, si quid mea carmina possunt." 



Sir, 



I HAILED the first appearance of ' The Phytologist ' with 

 pleasure, as I thought it promised to supply a desideratum much 

 wanted in our scientific periodicals, and would afford to many a plod- 

 ding botanist, as yet "unknown to fame," an opportunity of recording 

 his observations in a less formidable manner than by drawing atten- 

 tion to himself in a publication of higher pretensions, if, indeed, he 

 had the chance of seeing such a book at all. I dare say there are few 



