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Epipadis ovalis 

 Sesleria cceridea 

 Poa nemoralis 

 Allosoriis crispus 

 Asplenium viride 

 Lycopodium selaginoides 



Gymtiostomuni airviro strum 

 Seligeria recurvata 

 Blindia acuta 



Dicranum fuscescens 

 Racojnitrium protensum 

 Ulota Bruchii 

 Amphoridium Mougeotii 

 Pogonatu7ti alpmum 

 Zieria julacea 

 Milium affine 

 Orthothecium in tricatum 

 Eurhynchium pumilum 

 Plagiothecium pulchellwn. 



The town of Reeth, the mining capital of Upper Swaledale, 

 stands at the foot of Calvey near the junction of the Arkle with 

 the Swale, at a height of 200 yards above the sea level. Between 

 Reeth and Richmond the distance is nine miles, the fall in the 

 river being about the same as it is between Muker and 

 Reeth. The hills now decline rapidly in altitude, the dale 

 widens, and Grinton, Marrick and Downholme are villages of 

 considerable size. The stream still flows towards the east, but 

 there is a considerable curve towards the north, and on the 

 south the tract which it drains grows gradually wider and 

 wider. At Marske it receives a long much-branched stream 

 from the north-west, the moorlands round which slope from 

 Hoove and Booze Moor to 1058 feet above Marrick, 1088 feet 

 above Marske and 950 feet above Applegarth. On the south 

 along the watershed Bellerby Moor attains 1349 feet and Bar- 

 den Moor 1034 feet, and along the edge of the dale Lamb- 

 shaw Rigg 1194 feet and the summit of the Red Scar near 

 Downholme 965 feet. This is a very pleasant and romantic 

 portion of the dale. On the southern slope there are extensive 

 fir plantations above Grinton and EUerton. The Swale is now 

 a stream of considerable size, and along the edge of the fells on 

 both sides of the river the Upper Limestone forms long winding 

 scars, their slope to the high road and stream often covered 

 with aboriginal woods in which the Yew forms a prominent 

 feature. The following are the rarer plants of the cliffs, woods, 

 and stream-sides of this tract : 



Sept. 1888. 



