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SOME OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND OF 

 THE FERNS OF UPPER SWALEDALE. 



J. G. GOODCHILD, H. M. Geol. Survev. F.G.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



Anemone nemorosa. Woods, common. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. Pools to 1,500 feet. 



Caltha palustris. Goudilocks. In the valleys, common. 



Trollius europaeus. Fell pastures to 1,000 feet, common. 



Cochlearia officinalis. Wet rocks in calcareous districts. 



Draba incana. Crags, very local. 



Helianthemum vulgare. Dry parts of crags and fell sides to 



1,000 feet, common. 

 Viola lutea. Common in the drier meadows, especially above 



Muker. 

 Drosera rotundifolia. Very local in sheltered boggy places. 

 All the commoner species of Silene and of LycJuiis. L. viscaria 



not known. 

 Sagina nodosa. Dry meadows and well-drained scar-tops, 



especially on limestone near lead-mines, common. 

 Arenaria verna. Common everywhere around old lead-mines at 



all elevations ; rarely found elsewhere. 

 Stellaria nemorum. In the shady parts of the woods between 



Muker and Keld. 

 Hypericum perforatum. Common. 

 Hypericum quadrangulum. Common. 

 Hypericum pulchrum. Common. 

 Hypericum montanum. Common. 

 Geranium sanguineum. Found in one or two of the crags near 



the dale-head. 

 Geranium phaeum. By the road-side between Muker and 



Gunnerside. 

 Geranium sylvaticum. Common in the valleys. 

 Geranium pratense. Common in the valleys 

 Geranium lucidum. Abundant on the old walls in the valleys. 

 Prunus padus. Hecktri tree. In all the wood margins. 

 Spiraea ulmaria. In moist meadows, abundant. 

 Geum urbanum. In the valleys, abundant. 

 Geum rivale. In moist shady places low down, common. 



August i8qo. 



