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there the night, for the purpose of botanizing the next day on my 

 way to Settle, where I was to meet one of them at dinner. On 

 the following morning, I sallied forth at an early hour, and, not 

 wishing to take the direct road to Settle, I wandered about for 

 some time until I came to Moughton Hill, on the other side of 

 the Ribble, from Horton, which 1 determined to ascend. The 

 slate and limestone join on this hill, and there are extensive 

 quarries of the former, I had not climbed far up the hill before 

 I discovered that I had got into a rich botanical district. The 

 first plant of note that I met with was Polygonum viviparum, 

 growing plentifully below Coom, Combs, or Culms Quarry, as it 

 has been varioi;sly spelt. I have no doubt that this is the spot 

 from which Mr. Bingley sent the specimen of the plant to 

 Sowerby, which is figured in 'English Botany/ and which is stated 

 to have been " communicated fresh from a moist spot of ground 

 a little below the Culms, near Horton, in Craven, by Mr. Bing- 

 ley, in July last." In the same neighbourhood also grew Gna- 

 phal'mm dioicum plentifully and fine. A little higher on the face 

 of the hill I met with abundance of Helianthemum vulgare, Pote- 

 rium Sanguisorba, Polygala vulgaris of every shade and colour, 

 and Thymus Serpyllum. In wet places and by the sides of springs 

 were abundance of Primula farinosa, Pinguicula vulgaris, Myo- 

 sotis two or three kinds, Valeriana dioica and Lysimachia ne- 

 morum. In the woods I observed Pyrus Aucuparia, Melampyrum 

 pratense, Asperula odorata, Sanicula europcea, Cardamine amara, 

 Bunium flexuosum. On rocks and banks, in open places in the 

 woods, Arabis hirsuta was plentiful, and in one place I observed a 

 quantity of Eupatorium cannabinum. On the scars grew several 

 Hieracia, as yet in an immature state ; Anthyllis- Vuhieraria, 

 Asplenium Ruta-muraria, Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum occasion- 

 ally, and Cystopteris dentata. On the top of the hill I found 

 abundance of Sesleria ccarulea, and occasionally Arenaria verna, 

 and also a few plants of Lycopodium alpimmi. I took my way 

 over Swarthmoor to Settle, but, as I was getting rather pressed 

 for time, I was unable to botanize much, but I observed in a 

 damp place by the side of the road several specimens of Sedum 

 villosum just coming into blossom. On a waste spot of ground 

 in the village of Little Stainforth, I gathered Meconopsis cambrica 

 and Lamium maculatum, but I shovild think they were probably 

 introduced. Near them grew abundance of Chenopodivm Bonus- 



