﻿802 THE BOTANY OF HIGH-OUP NICK, WESTMORLAND. 



cup Ghyll, below Harbour Flats. — Spina Ulmaria. Common : 

 var. dmudata. Between Keisley and Dufton. ~ Sanyuisorba offici- 

 nalis.— Alchemilla arvensis.—A. vulgaris. Common in grassy places 

 up to 500 yds ; also on cliffs. — PotentiUa Tormentilla. Common 

 on the moors up to 2000 ft. — P. Antenna. — P. Comanim. 

 Swamps up to 400 yds. in High-cup Ghyll. — P. alpestris. Cliffs 

 of Maizebeck opposite the head of High-cup Nick. Also collected 

 here by W. Robertson in 1822; see specimen in Herb. Mus. Brit.— 

 Fragaria resca. Grassy places up to 500 yds. over High-cup Nick. 

 — Rubus Idmis. Frequent, but not ascending over 1000 ft. — R. 

 sul n tus. Abundant and typical in the wooded ghyll between 

 Dufton and Murton. The fruticose Eubi seen were rhamnifolius, 

 umbrosus, Koehleri, diversi/olius, eorylifolius, none of which ascend 

 above the Mid-agrarian zone. — R. Chamamorus. High ridges of 

 Prospect Hill, and between High-cup and Hilton Ghylls, 600-700 

 yds. ; and on plateau beyond High-cup Nick. — Geum urbanum and 

 O. rivale; var. intermedium seen by roadsides at Keisley. The Eoses 

 noted are mollis, tomentosa and canina, of the latter vars. lutetiana, 

 dumulis, urbica, Reuteri, and subcristata. — Crataegus Oxyacantha. 

 Common up to 500 yds., the var. monogyna only. — Pyrus Aucuparia. 

 Common, ascending to the basaltic cliffs of High-cup Nick, 500 yds. 

 — P. Mains. 



Epilobium parviflorum. — E. montanum. — E. obscurum. — E. 

 obscurum x parviflorum, "on the parviflorum side," E. S. M. in litt. 

 Wood near Keisley. — E. palustre, typical, and "a state approaching 

 Haussknecht's forma lapponica. Seems to be the E. lineare Auct. 

 pro parte," E. S. M. in litt. Swamps in High-cup Ghyll, alt. 

 1200 ft. — E. alsinefolium. Swamps in High-cup Ghyll (see also 

 Phytologist, i. p. 1068) and on the plateau beyond, and in Hilton 

 Ghyll, 400-500 yds. This and Cochlearia alpina are characteristic 

 plants of the ghyll. — E. alsinefolium x palustre. High-cup Ghyll, 

 alt. 1100 {t.—Circaa lutetiana. 



Callitriche stagnalis. Swamps up to 500 yds. — C. hamulata. 

 Pond about 1000 ft., High-cup Ghyll. 



Sedum Rhodiola. Basaltic cliffs at the head of High-cup Nick, 

 on both sides, 450-500 yds., and limestone cliffs of Maizebeck.— 

 S. villosum. Frequent in swamps both in High-cup Nick and on 

 the plateau above it, and in Hilton Ghyll, 400-500 yds. — S. acre. 

 Limestone cliffs up to 500 yds. on the spur of hill between High-cup 

 and Middle Tongue Ghylls, and towards Dufton Vike.—Sempervivum 

 tectorum. On walls only. 



Saxifraga stellaris. Swamps on the plateau above High-cup 

 Nick and in Hilton Ghyll, 400-500 yds. — S. nivalis. There is a 

 specimen of this plant in the British Museum Herbarium gathered 

 by J. Tatham at "High-cup Scar." This we did not succeed in 

 finding. Mr. Watson, in his Cybele (vol. i. p. 408), gives the height 

 to which S. nivalis descends in the Highlands as 650 yards ; and 

 Sir J. Hooker, in the Student's Flora, gives the lowest height as 

 2000 ft. ; so that the occurrence of the plant on High-cup Scar is 

 important, as it is by far the lowest elevation to which it descends 

 in the British Isles. The top of the cliffs of High-cup Scar, as has 



