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may be peculiarly considered the plant of the neighbourhood. 

 It is everywhere abundant on the barely-covered limestone^ but, 

 unlike the last-mentioned plant, does not affect the dwellings of 

 men, nor take kindly to a cultivated soil. Cardamine impatiens, 

 L., and Arabis hirsuta, Br., are both tolerably common in the 

 village, especially near to the Old and New Baths. Barbarea 

 vulgaris, Br., and Reseda Luteola, L., are both of common occur- 

 rence. Helianthemmn vulgare, Gsertn., grows in rich profusion 

 on the southern ascent of the High Tor. On Marden Hill, the 

 highest eminence in the immediate neighbourhood of Matlock, 

 Viola lutea, Huds., is plentiful, and occasionally the variety V. 

 amoena, Syme, occurs. Polygala vulgaris, L., in all its varying 

 shades of blue, purple, pink, and white, is found in rich abun- 

 dance on the limestone soil. Not less common is Arenaria 

 verna, L., and on similar soil. Behind the High Tor, in the 

 Via Gellii, and in similar spots, it everywhere appears. Malva 

 moschata, L., is tolerably common. Of this plant I found a va- 

 riety near the railway station, having the lobes of the leaves so 

 -narrow as to bring them under the term linear. On the hill 

 above the village of Matlock (a very different place from Mat- 

 lock Bath), the Tilia parvifolia, Ehrh., grows apparently wild. 

 Hypericum perforatum, L., H. pulchrum, L., H. hirsutum, L., are 

 sufficiently common on the sandstone soil about Ambergate and 

 Cromford Moor. Acer campestre, L., appears in small thickets 

 and hedgerows. On Cromford Moor are to be found Ulex 

 Gallii, Planch., and Genista anglica, L., the latter by no means 

 abundant. Gemsta tinctoria, L., grows on the High Tor; An- 

 thyllis Vulneraria, L., is plentiful in the same locality. Rosa in- 

 odora, Fries, I found on the summit of the High Tor; R. ar- 

 vensis, L., is abundant. In the meadows Sanguisorba officinalis, 

 L., is common, and on the High Tor Poterium Sanguisorba, L., 

 occurs. On the face of the Tor, overhanging the river, and for 

 the most part in inaccessible spots, Pyrus Aria, Sm., may here 

 and there be seen. On the bank of the Derwent, near the vil- 

 lage of Matlock, Epilobium angustifolium, L., sparingly appears. 

 Sedum album, L., may be gathered on a dry wall near the Old 

 Bath, but the locality is too suspicious to render it probable that 

 it is its native habitat. Of the Umbelliferas I met nothing worthy 

 of note, save Sanicula europcsa, L., Pimpinella Saxifraga, L., 

 P. magna, L., and Myrrbis odorata, Scop., all four of which are 



