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'io 3 , ■Orchis in folia., Biitterfy Orchis'. ' _ | Tins mod variable Carex we found in almofr everv 



Orchis alba bifoha minor calcare oblongo. Ran Syn. \ fituatibn. on the edge of Giggle '[wick -Tarn it 



3%°' n ■ ; I ; grew with the pamtea plentifully. I alio found it 



In : the hilly paftures above Stackhoufe and on Mill | on dry ground near the tops of the hiHheft moun- 



I/land, new Settle, plentifully, and in many other % tains. Some fpecimens. in particular; a yard w 



paftures, fully blown. . | height, I gathered near the fummit'of a lofty 



10 4. Orchis conopfea. Sweet Orchis. y rock in Long -Jledale. 



Orchis palmata rubella cum longis calcaribus ru- | 1 13» Carex vjicaria. Bladder Carex. 



bellis. Rail Syn. 380. . _ $ Gramen cyperoides pdlyftachion majus, folds fcere- 



On .Mill I/land and mod: of the paftures with tile ¥ - tibus, ereclis. Rail Svn. a iq. 



former, fully blown-. | We do not recoiled finding this "fpecies nearer Lon~ 



105. SWymiM vinde. Frag Orchis.. .-.. . : i | don than Virginia Water. In the North, it is a 

 Orchis palmata minor flore luteo-viridi. Rait Syn. | ^ common. Carex on the edges of tarns and rivulets, 



3 Sl - • •$ haboundsm Giggle /zvzck Tarn, a fpot fertile in 



Frequent on the moft hilly paftures about Settle, in | Carices, and on the borders cf Sterner Water, Wen- 



. full bloom. : . I Jledale. 



106. Ophrys mufcif era. Fly Orchis. 1 « % 114.. Carex gracilis, Fl. Eoh'd. Slender- fputed Care-. 

 Orchis myodes galea et alis herbidis. Raii Syn. \ .Grameh cyperoides majus anguftifolinm. Rail S ? m„ 



399- -• . t 4.1 y. T ■ y " 



On the hilly lime-ftone paftures at StackhouJe x near | In great plenty on the borders of Comic Tarn near 



Settle, plentifully; in .Ski 'frith -Wood, fparingly. f Kendal,' 



iVir. Robert Kidd, of Afhtan near Gaxgratf?, J 1 *-, &*//* Pehfahara. Sweet Wiiinv. 



(hewed me one he had gathered in a wild ftate, | Salix folio laurco, feu -late giabro octer-ato. Rail 



two feet and a quarter high, with fourteen blof- | Syn. 449. 



for", is on it. He alio fhewed me a great number | Al#ut K&tfay', and rhoVe efpe&alry about G?rr ^ 



at the Ophrys apijer a, or Bee orchis, a rare plant | Weiji'dje, this is the moft common fpecies o 



with them; bilt whole place of growth he did £ Willow, and is much tiled for making tire larre: 



, not care to divulge. f fort of baikets. Its leaves arc glofiV, °and exhale 



lo'j.CypribediumCdcems: phkdks JRfpeh J an odoriferous" perfume in hot°weather, which, 



Calceolus mariae. Ran Syn. 3-85. , joined to the beautiful appearance of the male- 



The beauty and extreme Angularity of the bloiToms | tree when in bloom, and the female when in feed, 



of this plant, joined to its great Scarcity, have | render it one of the moil defirable trees our ifland 



occafioned it to be univerfally fought after by % naturally produces. 



Botanifts and others ; who, hot content with con- | 1 1 6. Salix helix. Spurge- leaved Wiilozv, 



templatirig its beauties in _ its native _ foil, _are % \ Salix humiiior, foliis anguftss fubcceruleis ex adverfd 



anxious to fee it grow in their gardens, in which, I , binis. Rail Syn, 448. , 



however* they are generally difappointed, as it ? Equally common with the foregoing, and ufed for 



yery rarely thrives on tranfplanting. We faw, | making the finer forts of bafket-work. 



indeed, a few inftances to the contrary in fome | f i|f. Salix rojmarinifolia. 



gardens in Torkfiire. To this rage for the Ladies t We have no doubt but the Willow, to which we 



Slipper we may attribute its prefeht fcarcity in | affign this name, is a fpecies perfectly diftinct. It 



Helk's Wood near Ingleton, where it ufed to be t approaches hep reft to the vitellina. Its twig's are 



found ih plenty. We were fortunate enough to | . remarkably tough. We found it on the edge of 



difcover this plant in confiderable plenty in the | a rivulet which runs into Senier Water, Wenjle- 



neighbourhood of Kilnjay, not only in the Woods | dale. As cuttings of this and the two following 



with its ufual attendant, the red-fldwered Helle- g Willows, introduced into our garden, have grown; 



borine, but alfd ih hilly pafture ground* with the | we hope to be able to fpeak more deciiively oil 



Ophrys ovata ; but as^ fome gardeners in the | them at fdme future perlodi 



neighbourhood had difcovereft them* arid were | 118. Salix myrfinitesf 



Unremittingly employed in digging up every one | One fmall flifiiB of this fpecies, which correfponds 



they found, We may venture to prophecy, that in % with the description Mr. Lightfoot gives of 



a few years they will be rarely found here alio. | the Myrfmites, we found with feveral of the fol- 



108. Serapias paluftris. _ _ g lowing on the dope of a high hill betwixt MslMay 

 Helleborine paluftris noftras* Raii Syn. ^A- $ and Arn'cliffi ', 



In the boggy part of Sykis Wood plentifully; alfo | 119. Salix arenaria. 



near Kilnjay, arid many other boggy Situations. % izo.Empetrum nigrum. 



To us it appears to be a very diftiridt fpecies. | Empetrum montanum fruSu nigro. Ran Syn. 444, 



Flowers in July. % On the fides of Ingleborough plentifully. 



109. Serapias purpurajcens. " ■ I ^ 2 ^ * ^ ax ^ facdtta, Yew-tree. 

 Helleborine altera atro-rubeni'e flore. Rati Syn . $% 3. f TaxUs. Rail Syn. 445. 



This fpecies is found in Syke's Wood, and is common t Growing in a truly wild ftate out of the clefts of 



to moft of the woods ja the Ndrth, efpecially | the rocks on Gigglejwick Scar. Dr. Abraham 



fuch as are mountainous and rocky; it produces a | Sutcliffe, of Settle, to whdfe kind hofpitality 



long fpike of red or purpliih flowers, the begin- | and ufeful, information I am much indebted, was 



ning of Auguft. This ipecies is frequently mif- % an eye-witnefs to the fatal effeds of this plant on 



taken for the Ladies Slipper. | two Bullocks, who had carelefly been fuffered to 



iio. Sparganium natans. Small Burr -reed. | feed oh its foliage. 



Sparganiiim non ramofum. Rdii Syn. 43^. V. 3. | \±i. Acer PJeudoplat anus. Sycamore Maple. 



In the lakes on Brigjfear Mojs, with the Hippuris | Acer majus. Rail Syn. 470. 



and TJtricularia, not uncommon. Very common in woods, hedges* and round genrde- 



iii. Carex paiicaris. Flea Carex. | man's feats, the latter from its quick growth, its 



Gramen cyperoides minimum, feminibus deorfum % great iize^ and power of refilling the moft violent 



reflexis puliciformibus. Raii Syn. 24, | ftorms without injury, it is admirably calculated to 



On the fides of Ingleborough and other mountainous f preferve. Its wood, though feldom ufed in build- 



iituations tolerably frequent. | fog, \ s applied to many ceconomical purpofes. 



i 1 2. Carex diftans. Looje Carex. y 123. Opbioglojum vulgatum. Adders-tongue. 



Gramen cyperoides fpieis parvis longiffime diftan- t Ophioglonurh. Raii Syn. 128. 



tibus. Raii Syn. 4.21. 1 j,^ 



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