74 LIFE-HISTORY OF LITHOSPERMUM PURPUREO-CC@RULEUM. 
Polypodiuwm vulgare. Wormhill, 400 yds. ——- P. Robertianum is 
common in the unfrequented limestone dales, 800-350 yds. ; 
Botychium Lunaria. Monks Dale, 350 yds. : 
Claytonia alsinoides is well established in a wood N. of Bakewell, ] 
far from houses; Ribes nigrum and Mimulus luteus algo occur as : 
escapes, about the river in Chee Dale. I regret having only added 4 
one record from ‘‘The Peak ;” but the only day I was on it, it 
never ceased raining, and I was enveloped in such dense mists that 
my utmost vision had to be utilised to save me from danger, the 4 
compass and ordnance map having also to be frequently used. § 
LIFE-HISTORY OF LITHOSPERM UM PURPUREO- 
ULEUM Lnwn. 
By James W. Wuire.* 
times this species has been named « the Creeping Gromwell”’ ; but — 
although one or two old authors appear to have been correctly — 
informed, none of the manuals in present use describe the manner — 
hich it creeps, or rather strides, over the ground by means 
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polished, slightly rugged,’ rarely produced.” It is fair to infe 
from rof, i h i 
tstock slender. 
ts abou 
(* Mr. White has kindly forwarded a beautiful series of specimens in illus- 
tration of this paper to the British Museum Herbarium.—Ep. Journ. Bor.] 
