426 COMMON PLANTS. 
_ tions of it in which it may extend in some measure to the leaves 
and stem also. Still such a fact must be received cautiously, 
and only upon clear evidence. 
Notes taken during a Visit to Norway in 1851. 
7 Mo. 11. Vicinity of Christiania.—An Aconitum, A. septen- 
trionale, abounds by the sides of the road. 
7 Mo. 18. Near Nystuen, Fille-Fjeld.—Aconitum septentrio- 
nale is abundant even high up among the rocks. It may be consi- 
dered as one of the most striking plants of Norway, as it meets 
the eye in all directions and in all kinds of places, exhibiting its 
large leaves and livid blue Monk’s-hood flowers. 
7 Mo. 24. Maristuen.—Mudgedium alpinum is very abundant ; 
it is often mixed with the great Aconitum septentrionale, which 
ranges, wherever there is a little shade, throughout this part of © 
the country. 
7 Mo. 29. About Borgund we noticed quantities of Monk’s- 
hood (Aconitum septentrionale) cut and laid on the bushes to 
dry ; this, we learned, was for winter-fodder for cows! 
Jas. BackuouseE, Jun. 
York, 6th Mo. 16, 1856. 
Common Plants. By the Rev. Hueu A. StowELu. 
[We beg to preface the followmg remarks on this subject in 
the words of our Reverend Correspondent. | 
I had gone very carefully over your List of Common Plants, 
and made my notes and reflections thereupon, before receiving the 
July number of the ‘ Phytologist.’ Therein I find myself same- 
what forestalled ; nevertheless I enclose the result of my cogita- 
tions. You certainly cannot be said to have erred on the illiberal 
side; for though I would strike many off your list, I do not 
think I could add half-a-dozen from the whole British Flora to 
it. My claim to challenge (such as it is) rests upon an intimate 
acquaintance with the plants of Lancashire and Cheshire, the 
neighbourhood of Oxford, and this, Eastern Kent, and a more 
cursory survey of North Wales, West Yorkshire, the Western 
Highlands, the Lake district, and a few detached spots, jotted 
here and there over the country. I have trusted more therefore 
to my eyes than to books. 
