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in flower yet. Spignel {Meuin athainanticiun) grows in the higher 

 pastures of Howgill, but it will probably be advisable to keep as near 

 the river as practicable, as the haymakers will have denuded the 

 meadows of much of their botanical interest. Along the course of 

 the Lune and Rawthey should be found Ramincidus flaminula^ 

 Cochlearia officinalis, Stellaria aquatica, S. neinoruni, Hypericum 

 perforatum, H. diibium, H. quadranguliim, H. humifusum, Geum 

 rivale, Agrimonia eupatoria, Epilobiiim hirsiitum, E. montanum, 

 E. tetragonum, Sanicula europcea, (Eiianthe crocata, Angelica sylvestris, 

 Galium veriim, G. boreale, Solidago virga-aurea, Carduus heferophyllus, 

 ■ Ca))ipannla latifolia, Mentha aquatica, Teucrium scorodonia, SpircEa 

 ulmaria and Polygonitm bistorta. The Hieracia are pretty numerous, 

 and should be investigated. In the meadows Geranium sylvaticum 

 will have given place to G. pratense, and Orchis maculata will be 

 nearly over. Habenaria bifolia frequents some fields ; H. albida is 

 much rarer. Corydalis clavicnlata, Silene inflata, Fotentilla comarum, 

 Senecio saracenia/s, and Plantago media are scarce, but the Great 

 Burnet [Sangiiisorba officinalis) is too common. In hedgerows, Elder, 

 Honeysuckle, and Guelder Rose will, of course, be found, and on 

 dry ground or old walls Barbarea vulgaris, Arabis hirsuta, Sisym- 

 briicm officinale, Arenaria serpyllifolia, and Linum catharticum. On 

 the slopes of Howgill Fells Polygala vulgaris, Hypericum pulchricm, 

 Ulex europceus, and Sedum anglicum may be met with ; but the most 

 interesting locality will undoubtedly be the neighbourhood of Caut- 

 ley Spout, where on the lower ground and by Cautley Beck, may be 

 expected Saxifraga hypnoides, S. stellaris, Drosera rotundifolia, 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris, and Pedicularis sylvatica. Nearer the Spout 

 Thalictrum minus has occasionally been found. Alchemilla alpifia 

 here reaches its southern limit, and the Parsley Fern {Allosonis 

 crispus) is abundant. The whole district is very rich in Cryi'itogamic 

 forms of life. 



Entomology. 



In this department of research the neighbourhood of Sedbergh 

 appears to be quite unknown country, and therefore deserving of re- 

 rearch, even for the commonest and most generally-diffused species. 



Conchology. 



The Silurian slates of the Howgill Fells and of the immediate 

 vicinity of Sedbergh are — as usual with those formations — not rich in 

 moUusca, the only species as yet on record being Ariott ater, A. bour- 

 guignati, Limax agrestis, Zonites radiatulus, Helix hortensis and Zua 

 lubrica. A heap of lime-refuse by the bridge over the Rawthey (east 

 of Sedbergh) yielded in addition Zonites nitidulus. Helix rufescens^ 

 H. rotufidata, and Clausilia rugosa. Conchologists are likely to obtain 

 better results if they work the lower slopes of Baugh Fell, to the east 

 of the Rawthey stream, where the mountain limestones appear. 



Vertebrate Zoology. 



The following notes, by Mr. John Watson of Kendal, referring 

 to the immediately adjacent portions of Westmorland county, may 

 be regarded as being not inapplicable to the Sedbergh district itself: — 



