PROFESSOR JOHN HuTTon BALFOUR. 167 
On banks of Rydal Lake :— 
Berberis vulgaris Rhynchospora alba 
Hypericum Androsemum Carex dioica 
Lythrum Salicaria » vesicaria | 
On the roadside :— 
Staphylea pinnata | Anagallis tenella 
Parnassia palustris Narthecium ossifragum 
Drosera rotundifolia 
On the hills near Rydal :— : 
Sedum anglicum | Allosorus crispus (the fern 
Jasione montana of the district) 
Walked to Grasmere; some visited Wordsworth’s tomb. 
Near Dunmail Raise Saxifraga umbrosa was seen, and near by 
the burn Solanum Dulcamara. Reached Wythburn a little after 
12to lunch. Engaged a guide for 5s. to go to Helvellyn, as the 
hill was covered with mist. 
On the way up the hill the following plants were gathered :— 
Alchemilla alpina Lycopodium Selago 
Saxifraga stellaris _ clavatum 
»  aizoides alpinum 
>»  hypnoides i selaginoides 
Oxyria reniformis \ 
When a considerable height had been gained the party entered 
a thick cloud. It was cold and wet. When they reached the 
summit the cold was very intense. 
The party prepared to descend, and had proceeded a short way 
down Swirrel Edge, when the mist suddenly began to clear away; 
nearly all of them again ascended to the summit. The mist 
gradually rose like a curtain, displaying hill after hill, until the 
whole became beautifully clear, with scarcely a cloud in the sky. 
The view was splendid, and for at least an hour the party enjoyed 
it. Scawfell, Bowfell, Borrowdale, Honister Crag, Skiddaw, 
Saddleback, Windermere, Coniston, Esthwaite, Morecambe Bay 
and its islands, the Solway, the hills of Northumberland, &c., 
were distinctly clear. It was truly splendid, and the guide said 
that he had very rarely seen such a view from Helvellyn, 
The party next examined the rocks above the Red Tarn. 
