358 POPULAR GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS. 



which all have not the luck to find; Scottish Asphodel 

 (Tofieldia pahistris), of the Natural Order Colcfacaceat; 

 one of the Orchis family (Habenaria albida, or Satyrium 

 albidum, or Orchis albida, or Plat anthem alba), the Orchis 

 blossoms, on a very minute scale, make it a pretty and 

 interesting plant ; the Lousewort (Pedicularis sylvatica), 

 with pretty rose-coloured blossoms (which is specified as 

 growing upon the mountain on which this list of flowers 

 was made at the height of 1838 feet) ; another Sedge 

 (Car ex joauciflora) ; another species of Sundew (Drosera 

 Anglica) ; Golden-rod (Solidago Virgaurea) ; the Scotch 

 Fir (Pinus sylvestris) ; a species of Cat j s-ear (Hypocli&ris 

 radicata), with large yellow composite flowers ; and, mark- 

 ing the boundary between this zone and the next, we find 

 the Thorny Broom (Genista Anglica). 



In the next zone, which lies between Genista Anglica 

 and the Sweet Gale (Myrica Gale), only two species of 

 plants were met with, the common Heath (Erica cinerea) 

 and a kind of Bitter Yetch (Orobus twberosus), the Sweet 

 Gale (Myrica Gale) being found at the height of 1400 feet. 



Below this limit, or at about this limit, the face of Nature 

 has been changed by the land being brought into cultiva- 

 tion. 



