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Tofieldia paliistris, Saxifraga hypiioides &c. Descending by a min- 

 er's path, we crossed the Tees and returned to our old quarters. 



As there were several localities in the vicinity of the High Force 

 which we wished to explore, we concluded to devote the following 

 day to this object, and therefore set out for Winch Bridge, a mile and 

 a half distant. On the road-side we gathered a tetragonous Epilo- 

 bium, which we took to be E. virgatum of Babington; we also noticed 

 it in several other places in the course of our journey : observation 

 upon it in its different localities, leads us to doubt its specific distinc- 

 ness from E. tetragonum. 



Winch Bridge, is a small suspension bridge for foot-passengers 

 across the high rocks, which here overhang the Tees ; it is prettily 

 situated among extensive plantations, and its beauty is much enhan- 

 ced by the foaming of the river, as it rushes over the rocks beneath. 

 Here we found Hieracium Lapeyrousii, rigidum, a. and $. (?), muro- 

 rum, umbellatum and Lawsoni, Crepis succisaefolia, Thlaspi alpestre, 

 Potentilla alpestris, Melarapyrum sylvaticum, Carex rigida ? Galium 

 boreale, Bartsia alpina, Rumex aquaticus, Rubus saxatilis, Equisetum 

 variegatum and sylvaticum. We also discovered a fourth locality for 

 Poa Pamellii, and another single plant of Saxifraga umbrosa, /3. cre- 

 nata. We also observed an Equisetum, evidently different from the 

 common species, which proved to be E. umbrosum. Though too 

 late for the fertile stems, the habit of the plant readily distinguished 

 it. It somewhat resembles small plants of E. fluviatile [Smith not 

 Linn.^, but is paler in colour, and has a deeply furrowed scabrous 

 stem, almost destitute of branches on the lower half. It grew in pro- 

 fusion on the Yorkshire side of the river. After having spent a con- 

 siderable time here, we proceeded northward towards a farm-house 

 called Moor Riggs, and on the way thither met with Salix laurina and 

 amygdalina : Pyrola minor was also gathered sparingly. In a moist 

 meadow near a cottage on the top of a neighbouring hill, we redisco- 

 vered Vaccinium uliginosum, which had been gathered there thirty 

 years previously, by the late Dr. Oliver and James Backhouse : it is 

 confined to a small space, and we could see no traces of either flower 

 or fiuit. Being desirous of examining more completely the various 

 Hieracia which abound on the banks of the Tees, we devoted the re- 

 mainder of the day to this object, although they were scarcely far 

 enough advanced to admit of our doing this satisfactorily. 



(To be continued). 



