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On Arncliffe Clowder we found abundance of Dry as octopetala ? 

 but owing to the lateness of the season, it was chiefly out of flower. 

 This plant is strikingly different from that found in Teesdale, and 

 may possibly prove a distinct species. We passed the night at a 

 comfortable little inn at Arncliffe, and the next morning bent our 

 steps towards Hesletine Gill, where we gathered Potentilla alpestris, 

 Avena alpina, Myrrhis odorata, Actaea spicata and Saxifraga umbrosa 

 Tar. crenata, the latter in great abundance. On the rocks near the 

 head of the Gill, we saw Hieracium Lawsoni, and a Poa, probably P. 

 nemoralis, var. glauca, and on the slope above, Crepis succissefolia, 

 Hieracium prenanthoides and rigidum ? We next ascended Penny- 

 ghent, from the summit of which we had a fine and extensive view, 

 though much the same as that from Ingleborough. We descended 

 the mountain on its western side, which is steep, and in some places 

 precipitous. On the millstone-grit rocks we noticed Salix herbacea 

 and Sedum Rhodiola in profusion, and on the limestone, Saxifraga 

 oppositifolia. The violence of the wind prevented our exploring this 

 part completely, and we consequently passed on towards the village 

 of Horton, where, by the side of a brook, we found Mimulus luteus 

 and Mentha citrata. Near this place we visited a remarkable bog, 

 called Helwith-moss, on which we noticed Habenaria bifolia and 

 chlorantha, growing together, but still retaining their distinctive cha- 

 racters; also Vaccinium Oxycoccos, Carex curta and Andromeda po- 

 lifolia. In this neighbourhood, Rumex aquaticus, Trollius europaeus. 

 Polygonum viviparum, Potamogeton pusillus and Hippuris vulgaris 

 were plentiful. After a fatiguing walk of sixteen miles, we again 

 reached our comfortable quarters at Settle. 



On the following day we visited the celebrated cave near Clapham; 

 it is situated about a mile from the village, and near the extremity of 

 a picturesque valley. This magnificent cavern is about 1000 yards in 

 length, and from its noble stalactites is probably not equalled by any 

 other cave in the British islands. Far removed from the light of day 

 within its deep recesses, we noticed a plant of the Fungus tribe, pro- 

 bably Rhizomorpha subterranea, spreading its root-like branches on 

 a dripping mass of petrifaction. Leaving the cavern, we attempted 

 to cross the moors, in order to visit some localities for rare plants on 

 the way to Settle ; but in consequence of dense fog, with rain and 

 wind, we missed our way, and came upon one of the extensive " lime- 

 stone pavements " with which this neighbourhood abounds, and after 

 wandering for some time, found ourselves two miles further from the 

 point of our destination than the place from which we started. 



