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with red lines, and the seed-pods have an awkward 

 resemblance to a bird's foot : heuce its name. 



As we ascend the steeps we shall find the size of 

 the flowers becoming smaller, and they bloom later 

 than in the lowlands. The Moss Campion (Silene 

 acaulis) is scarcely above four inches high when it 

 opens its somewhat large purple, sometimes white, bells 

 to the light, on the mountain summits even of Snow- 

 don, and hence it is known as the Snowdon pink. 

 Here we shall find the Thrift (Armeria vulgaris), as 

 wen as on the sea-shore, with the yellow-tinted Poppy 

 and its companions, the Saxifrages. The London Pride 

 (Saxifraga tmbrosa), so common in cottage gardens, 

 is common only on Irish mountains, where it is known 

 as Saint Patrick's cabbage : its wax-like finely marked 

 pink flowers, in a loose panicle, are well known. The 

 Mossy Saxifrage (& Jiypnoides) shows its white stars 

 on mountain rocks. The Starry Saxifrage (S. stellaris) 

 loves the bubbling mountain spring, like the white 

 stonecrop : its white flowers are exceedingly beautiful. 

 The Yellow Mountain Saxifrage (8. aizoides) has glu- 

 mous and downy stalks, and is found by the rill-side : 

 its golden flowers are very beautifully marked with 

 orange spots. The Purple Saxifrage (S. oppositifolia), 



