Introduction 



TABLE OF PREVALENT PLANTS ON 

 CHIEF FORMATIONS. 



Peat 



Granite 



Gneiss 

 Mica slate 



Quartz 

 Sandstone 



Limestone \ 

 Diallage Peat 



J- almost 



unknown 

 Serpentine J 



Eriophora, Narthecium ossi- 

 fragum, Pinguicula vulgaris, 

 Carex caespitosa, Drosera 

 rotundifolia, Parnassia palus- 

 tris, Sphagna, in the wet places. 

 Aira flexuosa, Carex binervis, 

 Juncus effusus and squarrosus, 

 Nardus stricta, Eleocharis 

 caespitosa, Molinia ccerulea, 

 in the dryer districts. 



Heaths, Polygala vulgaris, 

 .Solidago cambrica. 



Festuca ovina, Molinia de- 

 pauperata, Carex pulicaris, 

 Schcenus nigricans, Lotus 

 corniculatus, Anthyllis Vulne- 

 raria, Habenaria viridis, Orchis 

 mascula, Scilla verna, Thymus 

 Serpyllum,Thalictrum alpinum, 

 Jasione montana, Draba in- 

 ,cana. 



It will thus be seen that the plants 

 prevalent on these two grand divisions of 

 rocks are very different. In enumerating 

 the characteristic plants of each, attention 



