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decay and reproduction of the roots ; thus rising, Phoenix- 

 likcj out of its own ashes. These mounds, if in a favour- 

 able situation and unmolested, will rise to a considerable 

 height. One we saw on the edge of Tatton Mere, Tatton 

 Park, Cheshire, which had attained the height of between 

 five and six feet. Cows eat the leaves, etc., of this species. 



1228. Carex vulgaris, Fries. Woolston Moss, Latchford Heath. 



1232. Carex acuta, L. Kenyon. Variable in the breadth of its 

 foliage. 



1234. Carex flava, L. Morley Common. 



1235. Carex extensa. Good. Hale shore. 



1238. Carex distans, L. Hale shore. * 



1239. Carex binervis, Sm. Greystone Heath. 

 1241. Carex panicea, L. Stretton Moss, etc. 



1248. Carex pendula, Huds. Acton Grange. 



1249. Carex Pseudo-Cyperus, L. Burtonwood, etc. Plentiful. 



1250. Carex glauca, >Scqp. Appleton. 

 1252. Carex pilulifera, L.^ Cobbs, etc. 



1257. Carex hirta, L. Old Quay Canal bank, etc. 



1258. Carex ampullacea, Good. Do ; Stretton Moss. 



1260. Carex paludosa. Good. Orford Park. etc. 



1261. Carex riparia, Curtis. Acton Grange. 

 1315. Melica uniflora, i?e/.r. Dingle. 

 1367. Hordeum pratense, Huds. Sankej. 

 1287. Milium efFusum, L. The Denna. 

 1307. Avena fatua, L. Arpley Meadows. 

 1322. Glyceria fluitans, Br. Arpley Meadows. 

 1376. Polypodium Dryopteris. The Denna. 

 1387. Lasirea Filix-mas, Presl. 



1391. Lastrea dilatata. 



1393. Athyrium Filix-fceraina, N. 



1400. Asplenium Ruta-muraria, L. Stewart's Bridge. 



1402. Scolopendrium vulgare, Sym. Appleton, etc. 



1403. Blechnum boreale, Sw. Woolston Moss, etc. 



1404. Pteris aquilina, L. Hill Cliff, etc. 



1409. Osmunda regalis, L. Walton, Woolston Moss. 



1410. Botrychium Lwiaria, Sw. Delemere Forest. 



1411. Ophioglossum vulgatura, L. Sankey. 

 1423. Equisetum sylvaticum, L. Orford Park. 

 1429. Chara flexilis(?), L. Lower Walton. 



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