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common. On Cromforcl Moor I gathered Galium verum, L., 

 and G. insubricum, Gaud.; G. sylvestre, Poll, on the High Tor; 

 G. anglicum, Huds., near Ambergate; and near the village of 

 Matloekj a species with hooked bristles on the granular fruit, 

 which, though it be very different from G. Aparine, L., in habit 

 and appearance, is most likely a variety of that plant. At the 

 base of the High Tor I found a few plants of Dipsacus pilosus, 

 L. ; on its ascent Scabiosa Columbaria, L., in profusion ; and on 

 the summit Knautia arvensis, Coult., with a rare instance of K. 

 integrifolia, Coult. In the large family of the Composites but 

 few individuals require particular notice. Tragopogon pratensis, 

 L., is plentiful in the meadows. Several of the Hieracia appear 

 on the trap rock which rises through the limestone at the sum- 

 mit of Harden Hill. With the exception of H. Pilosella, L., 

 and H. murorum, L., I dare not pronounce as to their exact spe- 

 cies. Serratula tinctoria, L., and Centaurea scabiosa, L., occur 

 plentifully on the High Tor, and Inula Conyza, DC, on the 

 Heights of Abraham, Beside Ling and the two more common 

 Heaths, with Vaccinium Myi^tillus, L., and V. Oxycoccos, L., I 

 observed no other plants of the same family on Cromford Moor. 

 A sapling Ash, observed on the High Tor, deserves particular 

 notice, as its leaves were much longer than in the ordinary state, 

 and the leaflets were much elongated and very narrowly lanceo- 

 late ; by this time it must have attained a tolerable growth, if 

 not disturbed or choked in the thicket. Erythraa Centaurium, 

 Pers., is very plentiful in the Via Gellii. Polemoniwn cceruleum, 

 L., and Verbascum Lychnitis, L., though not found, so far as I 

 am aware, in the immediate neighbourhood of Matlock, are both 

 tolerably abundant at H addon Hall, near Bake well. Melampy- 

 rum pratense, L., occurs plentifully on the High Tor and Crom- 

 ford Moor ; Scrophularia Ehrharti, Stev., I gathered near Crom- 

 ford village. Linaria Cymbalaria, Mill., is common both at Mat- 

 lock Bath and near the Cromford station. Origanum vulgare, L., 

 and Calamintha Clinopodium, Spen., are both of frequent occur- 

 rence, as also St achy s Betonica, Benth. Tawus baccata, L., ap- 

 pears in several places^ without much doubt as to its claim to in- 

 digenous growth. Among the Orchidacece were collected Orchis 

 pyramidalis, L., near the footway, leading to Bonsall, over the 

 hills, and Habenaria viridis, Br., on Marden Hill. Ophrys api- 

 fera, Huds., and 0. muscifera, Huds., are both found in the 



