ther S. Weigeliana, if the species be in- 
deed different. Meracium murorum, 
Myrrhis odorata, Elymus Europeus, and 
Carex sylvatica, with compound spikes, 
occur in this spot. Potentilla rupestris is 
also said to grow here, but I searched for 
itin vain. I proceeded to Greta Bridge, 
and walked thence up the very wild and 
romantic glen of the Greta. Epilobium 
angustifolium, Cnicus heterophyllus, and 
Asplenium viride, were the only plants 
which occurred to me as at all rare. On 
the 3rd Í walked up Deepdale, where the 
scenery is very pleasant, but less bold and 
romantic than that on the Greta; and I 
here found the same plants, with the addi- 
tion of Habenaria viridis. After getting 
into the moors, I descended towards Co- 
therstone, gathering Sedum villosum in 
plenty a little above West Briscoe ; and 
afterwards ascended for five or six miles 
the valley of the Baulder, to find the place 
where this brook is joined by another, 
called the Black Beek. I thought I had 
reached the spot, but afterwards had reason 
to believe myself mistaken: I certainly 
did not find the Saxifraga Hirculus, which 
. Was the object of this walk. 
I slept ata comfortable little public house 
8t Cotherstone, a very pleasant place, and 
with high bold woody banks on the oppo- 
Site side of the Tees, which, however, I did 
Dot visit, but had a very pleasant ramble 
; on the Yorkshire side to Egglestone bridge, 
and thence to Middleton, finding for the 
 Breater part of the way a footpath through 
the meadows, one of the delightful circum- 
Stances of an English walk. I have not 
mentioned in these latter walks, Scirpus 
n Pauciflorus, Blysmus compressus, Carex 
. dioica, or Primula farinosa, all of which 
are common in springy ground throughout 
2 this part of the country. Ribes petreum 
À d observed not far from Egglestone bridge, 
. and Saliz tenuifolia, or what I suppose to 
. be such, continues frequent on the banks 
Of the river. 
I found a young man at Middleton (G. 
Botany, and we walked together through 
meadows on the banks of the Tees, as 
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far as Winch Bridge. The Sanguisorba 
officinalis is plentiful here, as it is indeed 
throughout the North of England. Poly- 
gonum viviparum is exceedingly abund- 
ant, while Bistorta (here much the rarer 
plant) only occurs near Winch Bridge. I 
gathered also on the banks of the river, 
near Middleton, TAalict uy 
pyrum sylvaticum, Hieracium cerinthordes 
(only one plant), and one or two plants of 
Bartsia alpina.- On the basaltic rocks, at 
Winch Bridge, we got also Potentilla al- 
pestris, Festuca vivipara, and Habenaria 
albida. Potentilla fruticosa is also very 
plentiful among these rocks, and the pro- 
fusion of its bright yellow flowers added 
greatly to the charms of the scene. How 
far the Potentilla alpestris is distinct from 
P. verna, I will not attempt to decide; 
but the appearance is different, and its 
mode of growth much more loose and 
straggling. Under Festuca vivipara I 
think we usually include varieties both of 
F. ovina and of F. duriuscula; but the 
plant at Winch Bridge is exclusively the 
F. ovina. Winch Bridge is a suspended 
foot-bridge of iron, which shakes under 
the tread. The old bridge was of wood, 
and very picturesque, but so ill supported 
that it tipt on one side as a person was 
going over it, not very long ago, and this 
accident seems to have determined the 
erection of the present structure. 
Pinckney's occupations would not per- 
mit him to act as guide to the Sazifraga 
Hirculus, so after getting from him the 
best account I could of its exact position, 
I set off alone to look after it. He de- 
scribed it as a black shaking bog, a little 
South of the Baulder, and not far from a 
hill called Shackleborough. I found, in 
such a situation, and about half or three 
quarters of a mile from the place where 
the Black Beek joins the Baulder, a boggy 
piece of ground, shaking in parts, but whe- 
ther this was the spot meant I do not know, 
as I could detect no trace of the S. Hircu- 
lus. If any decent public house could be 
etween Bowes and Brough, it would 
probably be a better station from which to 
hunt for this scarce plant than Middleton 
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